Role of Pr cations and the low temperature transition in Pr0.50Sr0.50CoO3: A comparison to Pr0.50Ca0.50CoO3
The low temperature properties of Pr0.50Sr0.50CoO3 are studied in comparison to Pr0.50Ca0.50CoO3, which is known to exhibit a Pr3+/Pr4+ valence shift below TMI∼80 K. The evolution of the Pr-O network strongly differs in the Sr and Ca compounds, but both have in common a prominent and sudden contract...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/120965 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/120965 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Sumario: | The low temperature properties of Pr0.50Sr0.50CoO3 are studied in comparison to Pr0.50Ca0.50CoO3, which is known to exhibit a Pr3+/Pr4+ valence shift below TMI∼80 K. The evolution of the Pr-O network strongly differs in the Sr and Ca compounds, but both have in common a prominent and sudden contraction of some Pr-O bonds. The structural phase transition that accompanies the so-called magnetocrystalline anisotropy transition at TS∼120 K in Pr0.50Sr0.50CoO3 brings about a notable contraction of some Pr-O2 bonds. The observations give support to the active participation of Pr-4f electrons at the intriguing magnetostructural transition (TS) in Pr0.50Sr0.50CoO3. In addition, we have confirmed that (in absence of praseodymium) the magnetostructural transition is suppressed in (Nd2/3La1/3)0.50Sr0.50CoO3, a perovskite with the same average cationic size at the A-site than Pr0.50Sr0.50CoO3. |
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