C. Eylem et al., STRUCTURAL, TRANSPORT, AND MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF THE ND(1-X)A(X)TIO(3) (A=CA, SR, BA) SYSTEM WHERE 0-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-X-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-1, Journal of solid state chemistry, 114(1), 1995, pp. 164-173
A series of perovskite Nd(1-x)A(x)TiO(3) (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) compounds ha
s been prepared by the dc-arc melting technique in the composition ran
ge 0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to similar to 1.0. The
substitution of Sr and Ba in NdTiO3 results in structural phase trans
itions from orthorhombic (Pbnm) to cubic (Pm3m). The Nd1-xCaxTiO3 seri
es remains orthorhombic throughout the range studied. Low field magnet
ic susceptibility measurements and remanent magnetic moment studies su
ggest that the Ti sublattice in the insulating Nd(1-x)A(x)TiO(3) compo
unds (0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to similar to 0.2)
orders as canted antiferromagnets. The Nd(1-x)A(x)TiO(3) compounds sho
w compositionally dependent metal-insulator transitions that coincide
with the disappearance of the magnetic ordering. The correlations betw
een the structure and transport properties are discussed in terms of t
he Ti-O-Ti angle and Ti-O bond distance. The perovskite tolerance fact
or, t, is also shown to be a useful parameter to sort insulating and m
etallic phases in these compounds. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.