Parallel Session [T3-11A]

[T3-11A-03] Thermal Expansion Anomalies in Spinels: CdCr₂O₄ and Beyond

*Ananya Samanta¹, Geet Rakala¹, Han Yan², Karlo Penc³, Nic Shannon¹ (1. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 2. Rice University, 3. Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Keywords:Negative thermal expansion, Spinel oxides, Spin lattice coupling, Classical Monte Carlo, Enhanced magnetocaloric effect, Breathing Pyrochlore