Perturbed Angular Correlation Studies in SrTi0₃ Single Crystals

The quadrupole hyperfine interactions of ^111Cd/^111 probe nuclei in single-crystalline SrTiO₃ perovskite samples were investigated using Perturbed Angular Correlation spectroscopy. Three electric field gradients were detected and their fractions and hyperfine parameters were measured in the tempera...

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Autores: Presa Muñoz De Toro, Patricia Marcela De La, Lieb, K. P., Uhrmacher, M., Ziegeler, L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60213
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60213
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Electric-field gradients
Correlation spectroscopy
Hyperfine interactions
^111Cd
Relaxation
Defects
Oxides
Pac
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:The quadrupole hyperfine interactions of ^111Cd/^111 probe nuclei in single-crystalline SrTiO₃ perovskite samples were investigated using Perturbed Angular Correlation spectroscopy. Three electric field gradients were detected and their fractions and hyperfine parameters were measured in the temperature range from 26 to 700 K. The fraction f₀ having a vanishing quadrupole frequency, as expected for ^111Cd on substitutional sites in a cubic lattice, starts to develop around 300 K and reaches 100% at 700 K. Two well-defined EFG's having closely lying quadrupole frequencies and asymmetry parameters of ω_(Q1) = 49.1(3) Mrad/s, η_(1) = 0.10(2) and ω_(Q2) = 51 8(3) Mrad/s, η_(2)= 0.12(2), at room temperature, were identified in the temperature range from 250 to 530 K, and their (100) orientation in the lattice was determined. They are associated with electronic defects at the probe atoms.