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On the phase transition in CsCN

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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X-ray diffraction and dielectric measurements have been performed on the molecular crystal CsCN as a function of temperature. The order parameter of the cubic to rhombohedral phase transition (T c =186 K) was determined and interpreted by a coupling of the (CN) orientations to the shear strain. At lower temperatures the dielectric response is dominated by thermally activated relaxations processes rather than by electrical ordering of the CN dipoles.

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Knopp, G., Knorr, K., Loidl, A. et al. On the phase transition in CsCN. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 51, 259–263 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307681

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