TY - JOUR AU - Grzechnik, A. AU - Ueda, Y. AU - Yamauchi, T. AU - Hanfland, M. AU - Hering, P. AU - Potapkin, V. AU - Friese, K. TI - 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 JO - Journal of physics / Condensed matter VL - 28 IS - 3 SN - 1361-648X CY - Bristol PB - IOP Publ. M1 - FZJ-2016-00380 SP - 035401 - PY - 2016 AB - 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. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000368727000019 DO - DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/28/3/035401 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280613 ER -