Citation
G. Michels et al., INSTABILITIES OF TERNARY EU PNICTIDES, Physica. B, Condensed matter, 199, 1994, pp. 612-613
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
ISSN journal
09214526
Volume
199
Year of publication
1994
Pages
612 - 613
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(1994)199:<612:IOTEP>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Ternary Eu pnictides EuTX (T = Ni, Pd, Pt; X = P, As) are mixed valent
and undergo one or two first-order phase transitions in dependence of
temperature. At the phase transitions the Eu valence changes by about
1/6. The phase transitions are connected with an unusual behaviour of
the lattice constants. The observations are explained within a model
of electrostatically charged layers.