Cation rotation dynamics in a multiferroic metal-organic perovskite

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Hybrid metal-organic perovskites are promising functional materials, but the complex interactions between organic cations and the framework surrounding them are difficult to model. We have recently proposed, on the basis of total neutron scattering data, that in the high-temperature phase of dimethylammonium manganese formate, the disordered (CH3)2NH2+ ion jumps between more orientations than are apparent from traditional crystallographic models. We propose here to test our new model by probing the quasi-elastic neutron scattering from the cation rotation, taking advantage of the fine energy resolution and high scattering vector range available on IN16B. Analysis of the elastic incoherent structure factor as a function of temperature will enable us to confirm the number of rotational orientations available to the cation and measure the activation energy for hopping between them. The results will be relevant to the design of new framework materials with targeted dielectric properties.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5291/ILL-DATA.7-03-165
Metadata Access https://data.ill.fr/openaire/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=10.5291/ILL-DATA.7-03-165
Provenance
Creator Phillips, Anthony; Frick, Bernhard; Cai, Guanqun; Appel, Markus
Publisher Institut Laue-Langevin
Publication Year 2018
Rights OpenAccess; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset
Size 667 MB
Version 1
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields