Work led by Vanessa Peterson on materials that contract when heated has been accepted for publication in the prestigious chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie.
Density-functional theory and molecular dynamics calculations were performed at ANSTO, along with neutron powder diffraction on our ECHIDNA powder diffractometer, while inelastic neutron scattering data were taken on the TOSCA and NEAT spectrometers at ISIS (UK) and the Berlin Neutron Scattering Centre (Germany).
This work also forms part of a broader collaboration between the Institute and Cameron Kepert's group at Sydney University.
The full reference is: V. K. Peterson, G. J. Kearley, Y. Wu, C. J. Kepert, A. J. Ramirez-Cuesta and E. Kemner, Explaining Negative Thermal Expansion in Cu3(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)2: A Combined Neutron Scattering and First-Principles Study, Angewandte Chemie in press (2009).
Published: 22/09/2009