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Pb2MnTeO6 Double Perovskite: An Antipolar Anti-ferromagnet.
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Inorganic chemistry [Inorg Chem] 2016 May 02; Vol. 55 (9), pp. 4320-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Apr 08. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Pb2MnTeO6, a new double perovskite, was synthesized. Its crystal structure was determined by synchrotron X-ray and powder neutron diffraction. Pb2MnTeO6 is monoclinic (I2/m) at room temperature with a regular arrangement of all the cations in their polyhedra. However, when the temperature is lowered to ∼120 K it undergoes a phase transition from I2/m to C2/c structure. This transition is accompanied by a displacement of the Pb atoms from the center of their polyhedra due to the 6s(2) lone-pair electrons, together with a surprising off-centering of Mn(2+) (d(5)) magnetic cations. This strong first-order phase transition is also evidenced by specific heat, dielectric, Raman, and infrared spectroscopy measurements. The magnetic characterizations indicate an anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) order below TN ≈ 20 K; analysis of powder neutron diffraction data confirms the magnetic structure with propagation vector k = (0 1 0) and collinear AFM spins. The observed jump in dielectric permittivity near ∼150 K implies possible anti-ferroelectric behavior; however, the absence of switching suggests that Pb2MnTeO6 can only be antipolar. First-principle calculations confirmed that the crystal and magnetic structures determined are locally stable and that anti-ferroelectric switching is unlikely to be observed in Pb2MnTeO6.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1520-510X
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Inorganic chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27058393
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00054