Neutron powder diffraction study on Nd2BaCuO5 oxide

R. Sáez Puche*, E. Climent, E. Jiménez-Melero, J. Romero De Paz, J. L. Martínez, M. T. Fernández-Díaz

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Abstract

The magnetic behaviour of Nd2BaCuO5 oxide has been studied by means of neutron powder diffraction at low temperatures. This oxide behaves as antiferromagnetic with a Néel temperature of 7.8 K, and the magnetic structure can be described on the basis of a propagation vector k = [0, 0, 1/2]. The Cu2+ magnetic moments are aligned along the c-axis of the crystal structure, while the Nd3+ magnetic moments lie in the ab-plane. The experimental values of the ordered moments at 1.7 K are 0.84(8) and 0.78(4)μB for copper and neodymium ions, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)613-617
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume408-412
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Feb 2006

Bibliographical note

Thanks are due to Spanish MEC for financial support under research project MAT2003-08645-C01-02.

Keywords

  • Antiferromagnetism
  • Magnetic structure
  • Neutron diffraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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