Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Tunable thermal expansion in framework materials through redox intercalation

  • Jun Chen,
  • Qilong Gao,
  • Andrea Sanson,
  • Xingxing Jiang,
  • Qingzhen Huang,
  • Alberto Carnera,
  • Clara Guglieri Rodriguez,
  • Luca Olivi,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Lei Hu,
  • Kun Lin,
  • Yang Ren,
  • Zheshuai Lin,
  • Cong Wang,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Jinxia Deng,
  • J. Paul Attfield,
  • Xianran Xing

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14441
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The positive thermal expansion exhibited by most materials at increased temperatures is a severe issue for many high precision applications. Here, Xing and co-workers show that redox intercalation of Li ions into a ScF3framework offers effective control of the thermal expansion for this simple material.