TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural and magnetic characterisation of the pyrochlores Bi2-xFex(FeSb)O7, (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3), Nd1.8Fe0.2(FeSb)O7 and Pr2(FeSb)O7
AU - Whitaker, Mariana
AU - Marco, Jose F.
AU - Berry, Frank
AU - Raith, Christina
AU - Blackburn, Elizabeth
AU - Greaves, Colin
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Four antimony-containing pyrochlores with compositions Bi2−xFex(FeSb)O7, where x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and Nd1.8Fe0.2(FeSb)O7 have been synthesised, their structural properties examined, and compared to that of the pyrochlore phase Pr2(FeSb)O7 which we have structurally characterised for the first time. The Fe3+ ions in Pr2(FeSb)O7 are located only on the B-sites whereas in the bismuth- and neodymium-containing pyrochlore structures the Fe3+ ions are present on both the A- and B-sites giving rise to static displacive disorder in the A2O' chains. The presence of a smaller cation on the A-site in materials of composition Bi2−xFex(FeSb)O7 appears to lower the radius ratio (rA/rB) and leads to a stabilisation of the structure. Magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal no long range order, but Bi1.9Fe0.1(FeSb)O7 and Bi1.8Fe0.2(FeSb)O7 undergo transitions at ca. 12K to a spin-glass state; Nd1.8Fe0.2(FeSb)O7 and Pr2(FeSb)O7 are paramagnetic.
AB - Four antimony-containing pyrochlores with compositions Bi2−xFex(FeSb)O7, where x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and Nd1.8Fe0.2(FeSb)O7 have been synthesised, their structural properties examined, and compared to that of the pyrochlore phase Pr2(FeSb)O7 which we have structurally characterised for the first time. The Fe3+ ions in Pr2(FeSb)O7 are located only on the B-sites whereas in the bismuth- and neodymium-containing pyrochlore structures the Fe3+ ions are present on both the A- and B-sites giving rise to static displacive disorder in the A2O' chains. The presence of a smaller cation on the A-site in materials of composition Bi2−xFex(FeSb)O7 appears to lower the radius ratio (rA/rB) and leads to a stabilisation of the structure. Magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal no long range order, but Bi1.9Fe0.1(FeSb)O7 and Bi1.8Fe0.2(FeSb)O7 undergo transitions at ca. 12K to a spin-glass state; Nd1.8Fe0.2(FeSb)O7 and Pr2(FeSb)O7 are paramagnetic.
KW - Pyrochlore
KW - Neutron diffraction
KW - Inorganic structures
U2 - 10.1016/j.jssc.2012.10.021
DO - 10.1016/j.jssc.2012.10.021
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-4596
VL - 198
SP - 316
EP - 322
JO - Journal of Solid State Chemistry
JF - Journal of Solid State Chemistry
ER -