Magnetic and electronic characterization of quasi-one-dimensional La3RuO7

Citation
P. Khalifah et al., Magnetic and electronic characterization of quasi-one-dimensional La3RuO7, PHYS REV B, 60(13), 1999, pp. 9573-9578
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
60
Issue
13
Year of publication
1999
Pages
9573 - 9578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(19991001)60:13<9573:MAECOQ>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The electronic and magnetic properties of La3RuO7 have been investigated. I ts structure consists of corner-sharing RuO6 octahedra arranged in one-dime nsional chains with a Ru-O-Ru angle of 145 degrees. The magnetic susceptibi lity shows Curie-Weiss behavior at 50-400 K with theta = -14 K and an effec tive moment of 3.94 mu(beta)/Ru atom. At lower temperatures (20-50 K), shor t-range antiferromagnetic order is observed. Neutron diffraction and magnet ic susceptibility data show that long-range antiferromagnetic order exists below 20 K. A spin-flop transition is observed at applied fields greater th an 1 T and temperatures below 17 K. Band structure calculations predict ani sotropic electronic behavior and show that the ground state should be antif erromagnetic. [S0163-1829(99)05737-9].