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Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4081–4084 (1999)

Self-Hosting Incommensurate Structure of Barium IV

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R. J. Nelmes, D. R. Allan, M. I. McMahon, and S. A. Belmonte
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom

Received 11 June 1999; published in the issue dated 15 November 1999

The structure of phase IV of barium has been solved from single-crystal and powder diffraction x-ray data. It is composed of a tetragonal “host,” with “guest” chains in channels along the c axis of the host. These chains form two different structures, one well crystallized and the other highly disordered and giving rise to strong diffuse scattering. The guest structures are incommensurate with the host.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4081
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4081
PACS:
61.50.Ks, 62.50.+p