Structure, magnetism, and transport properties for Ca doping in Sr2IrO4

Autor: Guotai Zhou, Xiaomin Gu, Xingming Yang, Xiaoyang Gao, Kang Wang, Jin Peng, Fengming Zhang, X. S. Wu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 7, Iss 5, Pp 055823-055823-6 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/1.4976736
Popis: An immediate quenching using liquid N2 is applied for synthesizing the 5d transition-metal oxides (Sr1-xCax)2IrO4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15) single phase. X-ray diffraction together with Rietveld refinement shows that the lattice parameters along a and c directions and the bond angle of Ir-O2-Ir decrease with the increase of Ca content. X-ray Absorption Fine Spectroscopy measurements prove that the valence of Ir and the average Ir-O bond-length substantially remain unchanged with Ca content increasing in the phase. The effective magnetic moment μeff and Néel temperature TN decrease simultaneously with increased Ca content. Electrical resistivity shows complex temperature dependence behavior, which follows the three-dimensional variable range hopping behavior at low temperature, Arrhenius-type behavior at middle-temperature, and a weak electronic localization in quasi-two-dimensional at high temperature.
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