Browsing by Author "Yuen, AKL"

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    Characterisation of Pb2Rh2O7 and Y2Rh2O7: an unusual case of pyrochlore stabilisation under high pressure, high temperature synthesis conditions
    (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2024-02-01) Injac, SD; Mullens, BG; Romero, FD; Avdeev, M; Barnett, C; Yuen, AKL; Patino, MA; Mukherjee, S; Vaitheeswaran, G; Singh, DJ; Kennedy, BJ; Shimakawa, Y
    Two novel oxides with Pb2Rh2O7 and Y2Rh2O7 compositions were synthesised using high pressure, high temperature techniques at 19 GPa and 8 GPa, respectively. Structurally, both compounds were determined to crystallise in the cubic pyrochlore structure, space group Fd[3 with combining macron]m, with no observed oxygen vacancies. Both oxides have effectively identical Rh–O bond lengths of 1.987 Å and a bond-valence sum (BVS) of 4.2 that confirm a Rh4+ oxidation state. Physical property measurements for Pb2Rh2O7 are consistent with a metallic ground state. This is similar to other Pb2M2O7 oxides where M = Ru, Ir, and Os. Y2Rh2O7 represents an unusual case of the lower density (6.356 g cm−3) pyrochlore structure being stabilised under high pressure conditions, while the analogous, higher density (7.031 g cm−3) perovskite YRhO3 is stabilised by synthesis under ambient pressure conditions. The Rh4+ state results in a S = ½ magnetic ground state. Magnetisation measurements suggest strong AFM coupling in Y2Rh2O7. However, long range AFM order is not observed down to 2 K presumably due to the geometric frustration of the pyrochlore lattice. Specific heat and resistivity measurements indicate a large electronic contribution to the heat capacity. The Wilson ratio of 4.78(11) is well above 2, indicating nearness to magnetism and the likely presence of Rh moments in the background of the conduction electrons. Catalytic activity indicated a greater correlation with other Rh pyrochlores as opposed to dependence on the Rh oxidation state. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube © Royal Society of Chemistry
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    Structural and magnetic studies of ABO4-type ruthenium and osmium oxides
    (American Chemical Society, 2020-02-14) Injac, S; Yuen, AKL; Avdeev, M; Wang, CH; Turner, P; Brand, HEA; Kennedy, BJ
    Oxides of the form ABO4 with A = K, Rb, Cs and B = Ru and Os have been synthesized and characterized by diffraction and magnetic techniques. For A = K the oxides adopted the tetragonal (I41/a) scheelite structure. RbOsO4, which crystallizes as a scheelite at room temperature, underwent a continuous phase transition to I41/amd near 550 K. RbRuO4 and CsOsO4 were found to crystallize in the orthorhombic (Pnma) pseudoscheelite structure, and both displayed discontinuous phase transitions to I41/a at high temperatures. CsOsO4 was determined to undergo a phase transition to a P21/c structure below 140 K. CsRuO4 crystallizes with a baryte-type structure at room temperature. Upon heating CsRuO4 a first order phase transition to the scheelite structure in I41/a is observed at 400 K. A continuous phase transition is observed to P212121 below 140 K. DC magnetic susceptibility data is consistent with long-range antiferromagnetic ordering at low temperatures for all compounds except for CsOsO4, which is paramagnetic to 2 K. The effective magnetic moments are in agreement with the spin only values for an S = 1/2 quantum magnet. Effective magnetic moments calculated for Os compounds were lower than their Ru counterparts, reflective of an enhanced spin orbit coupling effect. A magnetic structure is proposed for RbRuO4 consisting of predominately antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering along the 001 direction, with canting of spins in the 100 plane. A small ordered magnetic moment of 0.77 μB was determined. © 2020 American Chemical Society
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    Structural and magnetic studies of KOsO4, a 5d1 quantum magnet oxide
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-03-12) Injac, S; Yuen, AKL; Avdeev, M; Orlandi, F; Kennedy, BJ
    The quantum magnet KOsO4 has been characterized by a combination of X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques. The tetrahedrally coordinated Os7+ 5d1S = 1/2 cations were determined to order antiferromagnetically along the c axis below 35 K. A miniscule ordered magnetic moment of 0.46(18) μB was determined per Os7+ cation. © Royal Society of Chemistry 2021