Browsing by Author "Cuello, GJ"

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    Anion Disorder in Lanthanoid Zirconates Gd2-xTbxZr2O7
    (American Chemical Society., 2013-08-05) Reynolds, EM; Blanchard, PER; Kennedy, BJ; Ling, CD; Liu, S; Avdeev, M; Zhang, Z; Cuello, GJ; Tadich, A; Jang, LY
    The pyrochlore?defect fluorite order?disorder transition has been studied for a series of oxides of the type Gd2?xTbxZr2O7 by a combination of diffraction and spectroscopy techniques. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction data suggest an abrupt transition from the coexistence of pyrochlore and defect fluorite phases to a single defect fluorite phase with increasing Tb content. However neutron diffraction data, obtained at ? ≈ 0.497 Å for all Gd-containing samples to minimize absorption, not only provide evidence for independent ordering of the anion and cation sublattices but also suggest that the disorder transition across the pyrochlore?defect fluorite boundary of Ln2Zr2O7 is rather gradual. Such disorder was also evident in X-ray absorption measurements at the Zr L3-edge, which showed a gradual increase in the effective coordination number of the Zr from near 6-coordinate in the pyrochlore rich samples to near 7-coordinate in the Tb rich defect fluorites. These results indicate the presence of ordered domains throughout the defect fluorite region, and demonstrate the gradual nature of the order?disorder transition across the Gd2?xTbxZr2O7 series. © 2013, American Chemical Society.
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    Structural study of the re-entrant spin-glass behaviour of Fe-Al alloys
    (Elsevier, 2007-09) Rodríguez, DM; Plazaola, F; Garitaonandia, JS; Cuello, GJ
    Neutron powder diffraction measurements were performed on Fe70Al30 alloy in order to determine the relationship between the magnetic behaviour and the structural changes observed in this alloy. Results show that the re-entrant spin-glass behaviour is linked with D03 structure. There is a strong correlation between the lattice parameter and the diffraction peak intensity and all the magnetic changes reported in literature can be explained in terms of this relationship. Finally, magnetovolume effects similar to invar effect are reported in the spin-glass phase. © 2007, Elsevier Ltd.