Chemical, magnetic and orbital order in the substituted double perovskite Sr(1-x)Ca(x)Mn0.5Ru0.5O3
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2010-03
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American Physical Society
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The structural and magnetic properties of Sr(1x)Ca(x)Mn0.5Ru0.5O3 have been investigated. SrMn0.5Ru0.5O3 exhibits antiferromagnetic ordering, TN ≈200 K. Neutron powder diffraction of this perovskite indicates the presence of orbital ordering of the occupied Mn+3 dz2 orbitals, stabilizing the spin ordering corresponding to the AFM C-type structure. The substitution of smaller Ca+2 for Sr+2
on the A-site induces a change in the octahedral tilt system, (a0a0c−) to (a−b+a−) forcing a loss of this type of orbital ordering for x ≥ 0.2. This is accompanied by a crossover to a ferromagnetic ground state with 200K ≤ TC ≤ 300K even in the absence of long range chemical order. Magnetic data and neutron powder diffraction of CaMn0.5Ru0.5O3 and Sr0.5Ca0.5Mn0.5Ru0.5O3 reveal reduced magnetic moments
and imply a complex magnetic behavior as well as a complete loss of orbital ordering for CaMn0.5Ru0.5O3. X-ray absorption studies show increased electron transfer from Mn to Ru. © 2021 American Physical Society
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Magnetic properties, Antiferromagnetism, Neutron diffraction, Perovskite, Magnetic moments, X-ray diffraction
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Ricciardo, R., Woodward, P., Cuthbert, H., Zhou, Q., Kennedy, B., Zhang, Z., Avdeev, M., Jang, L.-Y. (2901). Chemical, magnetic and orbital order in the substituted double perovskite Sr(1-x)Ca(x)Mn0.5Ru0.5O3. Paper presented at APS March Meeting 2010, March 15–19, 2010, Portland, Oregon. In Bulletin of the American Physical Society 55, 2. Retrieved from: http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR10/Event/123296