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Magnetic properties and structural transitions of orthorhombic fluorite-related compounds Ln3MO7 (Ln = rare earths, M = transition metals)
Title: | Magnetic properties and structural transitions of orthorhombic fluorite-related compounds Ln3MO7 (Ln = rare earths, M = transition metals) |
Authors: | Wakeshima, Makoto Browse this author | Hinatsu, Yukio Browse this author |
Keywords: | Magnetic properties | Structural transition | Rare earth | Magnetic susceptibility | Specific heat | Molybdenum | Defect-fluorite structure |
Issue Date: | Nov-2010 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Journal Title: | Journal of Solid State Chemistry |
Volume: | 183 |
Issue: | 11 |
Start Page: | 2681 |
End Page: | 2688 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.jssc.2010.09.005 |
Abstract: | Magnetic properties and structural transitions of ternary rare-earth transition-metal oxides Ln3MO7 (Ln=rare earths, M=transition metals) were investigated. In this study, we prepared a series of molybdates Ln3MoO7 (Ln=La~Gd). They crystallize in an orthorhombic superstructure of cubic fluorite with space group P2_[1]2_[1]2_[1], in which Ln^[3+] ions occupy two different crystallographic sites (the 8-coordinated and 7-coordinated sites). All of these compounds show a phase transition from the space group P2_[1]2_[1]2_[1] to Pnma in the temperature range between 370 and 710 K. Their magnetic properties were characterized by magnetic susceptibility measurements from 1.8 to 400 K and specific heat measurements from 0.4 K to 400 K. Gd3MoO7 shows an antiferromagnetic transition at 1.9 K. Measurements of the specific heat for Sm3MoO7 and the analysis of the magnetic specific heat indicate a "two-step" antiferromagnetic transition due to the ordering of Sm magnetic moments in different crystallographic sites, i.e., with decreasing temperature, the antiferromagnetic ordering of the 7-coordinated Sm ions occur at 2.5 K, and then the 8-coordinated Sm ions order at 0.8 K. The results of Ln3MoO7 were compared with the magnetic properties and structural transitions of Ln3MO7 (M=Nb, Ru, Sb, Ta, Re, Os, or Ir). |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/44436 |
Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 日夏 幸雄
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