Interference of a first-order transition with the formation of a spin-Peierls state in alpha'-NaV2O5?

Abstract

We present results of high-resolution thermal-expansion and specific-heat measurements on single crystalline alpha'-NaV2O5. We find clear evidence for two almost degenerate phase transitions associated with the formation of the dimerized state around 33K: A sharp first-order transition at T1=(33+-0.1)K slightly below the onset of a second-order transition at T2onset around (34+-0.1)K. The latter is accompanied by pronounced spontaneous strains. Our results are consistent with a structural transformation at T1 induced by the incipient spin-Peierls (SP) order parameter above T2=TSP.

5 pages, 7 figures

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• Experimental evidence for a spin-Peierls-transition in ${\alpha }^{\prime }-Na{V}_2{O}_5$

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