Magnetic and XPS studies of lithium lanthanide tetraphosphates LiLnP4O12 (Ln=Nd, Gd, Er)

Autor: Dimitar Petrov, V. Lovchinov, B. Angelov
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Rare Earths. 31:485-489
ISSN: 1002-0721
DOI: 10.1016/s1002-0721(12)60307-x
Popis: Magnetic susceptibilities of flux-grown single crystals of LiLnP 4 O 12 (Ln=Nd, Gd, Er) were measured in the temperature range of 2–300 K. The compounds were paramagnetic, and obeyed the Curie-Weiss law in the entire temperature interval, without magnetic phase transitions, and with effective magnetic moments close to those of the corresponding free Ln 3+ ions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was applied to determine the positions of core-level electrons relative to the Fermi level: Li 1s; Ln 4f, 5p, 5s, 4d, 3d; P 2s, 2p; O 1s, 2s. The binding energies in these compounds were found slightly shifted compared to the respective values of the same elements.
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