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Nested order-disorder framework containing a crystalline matrix with self-filled amorphous-like innards

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  • Kejun Bu

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Qingyang Hu

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Xiaohuan Qi

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Dong Wang

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Songhao Guo

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Hui Luo

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Tianquan Lin

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiaofeng Guo

    (Washington State University)

  • Qiaoshi Zeng

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Yang Ding

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Fuqiang Huang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenge Yang

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Ho-Kwang Mao

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

  • Xujie Lü

    (Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research)

Abstract

Solids can be generally categorized by their structures into crystalline and amorphous states with different interactions among atoms dictating their properties. Crystalline-amorphous hybrid structures, combining the advantages of both ordered and disordered components, present a promising opportunity to design materials with emergent collective properties. Hybridization of crystalline and amorphous structures at the sublattice level with long-range periodicity has been rarely observed. Here, we report a nested order-disorder framework (NOF) constructed by a crystalline matrix with self-filled amorphous-like innards that is obtained by using pressure to regulate the bonding hierarchy of Cu12Sb4S13. Combined in situ experimental and computational methods demonstrate the formation of disordered Cu sublattice which is embedded in the retained crystalline Cu framework. Such a NOF structure gives a low thermal conductivity (~0.24 W·m−1·K−1) and a metallic electrical conductivity (8 × 10−6 Ω·m), realizing the collaborative improvement of two competing physical properties. These findings demonstrate a category of solid-state materials to link the crystalline and amorphous forms in the sublattice-scale, which will exhibit extraordinary properties.

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  • Kejun Bu & Qingyang Hu & Xiaohuan Qi & Dong Wang & Songhao Guo & Hui Luo & Tianquan Lin & Xiaofeng Guo & Qiaoshi Zeng & Yang Ding & Fuqiang Huang & Wenge Yang & Ho-Kwang Mao & Xujie Lü, 2022. "Nested order-disorder framework containing a crystalline matrix with self-filled amorphous-like innards," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-32419-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32419-5
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