Synthesis and structure of new pyrochlore-type oxides Ln2ScNbO7 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Eu, Gd, Dy)

dc.creatorZouari, Siwar
dc.creatorBallou, Rafik
dc.creatorCheikh-Rouhou, Abdelwaheb
dc.creatorStrobel, Pierre
dc.date2008-12-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:12:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:12:52Z
dc.descriptionWe report the synthesis and structural study of mixed oxides in the Ln2ScNbO7 series. New phases with Ln = Pr, Eu, Gd and Dy are obtained. All crystallize in the cubic pyrochlore structure type, space group F-d3m, with no Sc-Nb ordering on the B-site. The structures are determined by Rietveld refinement. The evolution of cell parameters, interatomic distances and angles as a function of lanthanide cation size is discussed. Magnetic measurements show the absence of ordering down to 2 K, in agreement with the presence of strong geometric frustration in the lanthanide sublattice. The europium phase shows a peculiar magnetic behaviour; its magnetic susceptibility becomes constant below ca 50 K. This feature confirms the behaviour observed previously on Eu2Ti2O7 and is ascribed to crystal field effects.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2758
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2758
dc.identifierMaterials Letters 62 (2008) 3767
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.matlet.2008.04.060
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/210686
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleSynthesis and structure of new pyrochlore-type oxides Ln2ScNbO7 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Eu, Gd, Dy)
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