%0 Journal Article %A Grzechnik, A. %A Ueda, Y. %A Yamauchi, T. %A Hanfland, M. %A Hering, P. %A Potapkin, V. %A Friese, K. %T Pressure-induced non-superconducting phase of β -Na 0.33 V 2 O 5 and the mechanism of high-pressure phase transitions in β -Na 0.33 V 2 O 5 and β -Li 0.33 V 2 O 5 at room temperature %J Journal of physics / Condensed matter %V 28 %N 3 %@ 1361-648X %C Bristol %I IOP Publ. %M FZJ-2016-00380 %P 035401 - %D 2016 %X The crystal structure of β-Na0.33V2O5 (C2/m, Z = 6) has been studied on compression to 19 GPa at room temperature using synchrotron single-crystal diffraction in a diamond anvil cell. The vanadate bronze undergoes a phase transition to a non-superconducting phase at about 12 GPa due to changes of polyhedral connectivities in the vanadate framework and due to ordering of the Na+ cations. This novel structure (Cm, Z = 6) is interpreted as an intermediate stage in the sequence of pressure-induced transformations in the β-A 0.33V2O5 bronzes (A: Li, Na) at room temperature. This study reveals the close relation between the loss of the two-leg ladder V–V system and non-superconducting state of the β-A 0.33V2O5 materials. %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000368727000019 %R 10.1088/0953-8984/28/3/035401 %U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280613