1303.2216 (Petr S. Sokolov et al.)

Low-temperature thermal expansion of rock-salt ZnO    [PDF]

Petr S. Sokolov, Andrey N. Baranov, Anthony M. T. Bell, Vladimir L. Solozhenko

Lattice parameter of metastable high-pressure phase of zinc oxide, rock-salt ZnO was measured in the 10-300 K temperature range using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. No phase transition was observed down to 10 K. The lattice parameter of rock-salt ZnO was found to increase from 4.266 {\AA} in the 10-80 K range up to 4.2752(3) {\AA} at 298 K, while the volume thermal expansion coefficient increases from slight negative values below 40 K up to 4.77\times10^-5 K^-1 at 298 K.

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