Crystal structure and magnetic properties of Pr- and Ti-substituted La{sub 2}RuO{sub 5}
- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, D-86159 Augsburg (Germany)
- Resource Strategy, University of Augsburg, D-86159 Augsburg (Germany)
- Solid State Chemistry, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Germany)
Highlights: • Synthesis of polycrystalline Pr and Ti co-substituted La{sub 2}RuO{sub 5} with soft chemistry. • Investigation of structure–property relationship of the dimerization transition. • Additive behavior of structural changes caused by either Pr or Ti substitution. • Additive behavior of ht-phase paramagnetism of Pr and Ti substitution. • Additive influence of Pr and Ti substitution on the dimerization transition. - Abstract: Polycrystalline samples of Pr- and Ti-substituted La{sub 2}RuO{sub 5} were prepared applying a soft-chemistry route based on the thermal decomposition of citrate-stabilized precursors. The simultaneous substitution on the La-sites by Pr and on the Ru-sites by Ti results in samples of the composition La{sub 2−x}Pr{sub x}Ru{sub 1−y}Ti{sub y}O{sub 5} with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.75 and 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.4. The crystal structures of these compounds were analyzed by Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction patterns. For pure La{sub 2}RuO{sub 5} a structural transition from a monoclinic room-temperature modification to a triclinic low-temperature structure was found at 161 K. This structural change is linked to a low-temperature long-range ordered spin-singlet ground state formed by Ru{sup 4+} spin-moments. Both the structural transition and the formation of the singlet ground state become progressively suppressed with higher Ti contents, while the Pr substitution has only a minor influence on the dimerization. The behavior of the Curie–Weiss temperatures can be explained assuming two almost independent magnetic sublattices corresponding to the ruthenium and the rare-earth ions, respectively. For all investigated properties, i.e. crystal structure, magnetic susceptibilities, and dimerization temperature T{sub d}, a completely additive behavior of the effects of Pr-substitution and Ti-substitution is observed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22285193
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 48, Issue 11; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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