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@INPROCEEDINGS{Eich:873960,
author = {Eich, Andreas and Grzechnik, A. and Müller, Thomas and
Paulmann, C. and Friese, K.},
title = {{S}tructural and macroscopic investigation of {C}r{A}s at
low temperatures and high pressures},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-01123},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Chromium Arsenide (CrAs) is the first Cr-based
superconductor, exhibiting pressure-induced
superconductivity with a maximum Tc = 2.2 K at around 1 GPa
[1,2] and the dome-like shaped superconducting phase region
existing in the vicinity of a magnetically ordered state.
The magnetic structure is described as double helices
propagating along the c* direction with the spins in the
(a,b) plane. The first-order phase transition from the
helimagnetically ordered antiferromagnetic state to a
paramagnetic state is clearly and consistently observed in
our macroscopic measurements of magnetization, resistivity
and heat capacity at TN ≈ 267 K. The transition is
furthermore connected to an abrupt increase in unit cell
volume of about $2.4\%,$ though the symmetry of the crystal
structure (Pnma, Z = 4) does presumably not change [3].As
the understanding of the behaviour of the crystal structure
of CrAs so far is based primarily on powder data, the
objective of our work is to precisely determine the crystal
structure by single crystal diffraction at low temperatures
as well as at high pressures. This knowledge will serve as
base for further studies of the crystal and magnetic
structures of CrAs at simultaneously low temperatures and
high pressures, in particular within or in the vicinity of
the superconducting phase.For this, synchrotron x-ray
diffraction experiments were performed on single crystals
between 300 K and 20 K at ambient pressure, and between 0.92
GPa and 9.45 GPa at room temperature.The preliminary
refinements show a good agreement with the literature data
for the room temperature phase. Below the transition
temperature the symmetry Pnma is preserved and the
reflections can still be indexed with the orthorhombic cell,
although a deterioration of the crystal quality is
observed.[1] R.Y. Chen, N.L. Wang, Rep. Prog. Phys. 82,
012503 (2019)[2] W. Wu, et al., Nat. Commun. 5, 5508
(2014)[3] T. Suzuki, H. Ido, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 4624 (1991)},
month = {Feb},
date = {2020-02-24},
organization = {Joint Polish-German Crystallographic
Meeting 2020, Congress Center Wrocław
University of Science and Technology
(Poland), 24 Feb 2020 - 27 Feb 2020},
subtyp = {Invited},
cin = {JCNS-2 / PGI-4 / JARA-FIT / JCNS-FRM-II},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218},
pnm = {144 - Controlling Collective States (POF3-144) / 524 -
Controlling Collective States (POF3-524) / 6212 - Quantum
Condensed Matter: Magnetism, Superconductivity (POF3-621) /
6213 - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport
Technologies (POF3-621) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron
Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-144 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-524 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6212 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6213 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)DNS-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/873960},
}