The structural properties of the Yb2Pd2(In1-xSnx) system were investigated at room temperature by synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction. All the inspected compositions (x = 0.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 0.9) crystallize in the tetragonal space group P4/mbm; the cell parameters exhibit a non-linear dependence on composition, whereas cell volume changes more regularly, with a minimum at x = 0.8. Samples with Sn content x = 0.5, 0.6, 0.9 were also analysed by neutron diffraction down to 0.5 K. No evidence for a structural transition can be detected at low temperature, whereas an antiferromagnetic ordering is observed, characterized by a propagation vectors k = (0,0,1/2). Magnetic moments order in the tetragonal ab-plane and the magnetic structure belongs to the Shubnikov magnetic space group P4/mbm.
Martinelli A., Sanna S., Lamura G., Ritter C., Joseph B., Bauer E., et al. (2019). Structural and magnetic properties of the Yb2Pd2(In1-xSnx) system: A synchrotron x-ray and neutron powder diffraction investigation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER, 31(38), 1-8 [10.1088/1361-648X/ab2b83].
Structural and magnetic properties of the Yb2Pd2(In1-xSnx) system: A synchrotron x-ray and neutron powder diffraction investigation
Sanna S.;
2019
Abstract
The structural properties of the Yb2Pd2(In1-xSnx) system were investigated at room temperature by synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction. All the inspected compositions (x = 0.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 0.9) crystallize in the tetragonal space group P4/mbm; the cell parameters exhibit a non-linear dependence on composition, whereas cell volume changes more regularly, with a minimum at x = 0.8. Samples with Sn content x = 0.5, 0.6, 0.9 were also analysed by neutron diffraction down to 0.5 K. No evidence for a structural transition can be detected at low temperature, whereas an antiferromagnetic ordering is observed, characterized by a propagation vectors k = (0,0,1/2). Magnetic moments order in the tetragonal ab-plane and the magnetic structure belongs to the Shubnikov magnetic space group P4/mbm.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
