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Small changes, big consequences

Silver fluoride materials have structures that are similar to those found in high-temperature cuprate superconductors, but the two systems have quite different magnetic properties.

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Figure 1: Crystal structures of a, La2CuO4 and b, Cs2AgF4.
Figure 2: It is possible to transform the tetragonal unit cell of La2CuO4

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Grochala, W. Small changes, big consequences. Nature Mater 5, 513–514 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1678

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