101. A note on the different crystalline features of the EuMnO3-based solid solutions as a function of the modifying cation nature
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Moure, C., Moure, A., Tartaj, J., Peña, Octavio, Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio, Electroceramics Department, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Brébion, Alice
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[CHIM.MATE] Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,crystalline structure ,[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,manganites ,perovskite solid solutions ,phase transitions - Abstract
International audience; The structural properties of solid solutions based on EuMnO3, in which Eu has been substituted by divalent Ca2+ and Mn by the divalent cation Ni2+ or the variable valence cation Co2+-Co3+ have been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). These substitutions lead to changes in the lattice parameters and the symmetry of the orthorhombic, O' perovskite-type of the pristine compound EuMnO3. The structural changes depend on several factors. Solid solutions Eu(Mn,Ni)O3 and Eu(Mn,Co)O3 change from the O'-type to O-type orthorhombic perovskite symmetry when the content of the Mn3+ cation decreases due to the progressive substitution by Ni and Co. This change occurs for a percentage of the Ni2+ cation of 20 at%, whereas for the Co cation, only 10 at% are needed for such a transition. (Eu,Ca)MnO3 solid solutions showed a different behaviour. Even at an amount as high as 50 at% Ca2+ there is no transition from O' to O-type orthorhombic perovskite symmetry. The tolerance factor, t, increases monotonically for both Eu(Mn,Ni)O3 and (Eu,Ca)MnO3, while for Eu(Mn,Co)O3 it first decreases and then increases. The increase is lower for Ni-based and Co-based samples than for the Ca-based ones.
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- 2010