Abstract
The electronic and magnetic properties of La3RuO7have been investigated. Its structure consists of corner-sharing RuO6octahedra arranged in one-dimensional chains with a Ru-O-Ru angle of 145°. The magnetic susceptibility shows Curie-Weiss behavior at 50–400 K with θ=-14K and an effective moment of 3.94 μ B/Ru atom. At lower temperatures (20–50 K), short-range antiferromagnetic order is observed. Neutron diffraction and magnetic susceptibility data show that long-range antiferromagnetic order exists below 20 K. A spin-flop transition is observed at applied fields greater than 1 T and temperatures below 17 K. Band structure calculations predict anisotropic electronic behavior and show that the ground state should be antiferromagnetic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9573-9578 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics