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同步辐射X射线衍射表征Ho2Ti2O7、Er2Ti2O7和Yb2Ti2O7的对称性和光填充

The symmetry and light stuffing of Ho2Ti2O7, Er2Ti2O7 and Yb2Ti2O7 characterized by synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Kristen Baroudi, Bruce D. Gaulin, Saul H. Lapidus, R. J. Cava

摘要:

本文用同步辐射X射线衍射方法研究了Ho_2 Ti_2 O_7、Er_2 Ti_2 O_7和Yb_2 Ti_2 O_7烧绿石的(002)衍射峰,以确定是否由于它们的烧绿石结构偏离Fd-3 m对称性而出现了在烧绿石空间群Fd-3 m中被禁戒而在单晶中子散射测量中观察到的(002)峰。对精确合成的化学计量比和非化学计量比粉末以及Ho 2 Ti 2 O 7的压碎浮区晶体进行的同步辐射衍射测量表明,在所有情况下,最强X射线衍射峰的灵敏度约为30,000分之一时,(002)反射都不存在。这高灵敏度地表明,这些稀土钛酸盐高温超导体的结构空间群为Fd-3 m,因此在中子散射实验中观察到的(002)峰具有非结构起源。给出了轻填充Ho ~(2+)_xTi ~(2-x)O_7的晶胞参数和内部应变。

英文摘要:

The Ho2Ti2O7, Er2Ti2O7 and Yb2Ti2O7 pyrochlores were studied by synchrotron X-ray diffraction to determine whether the (002) peak, forbidden in the pyrochlore space group Fd-3m but observed in single crystal neutron scattering measurements, is present due to a deviation of their pyrochlore structure from Fd-3m symmetry. Synchrotron diffraction measurements on precisely synthesized stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric powders and a crushed floating zone crystal of Ho2Ti2O7 revealed that the (002) reflection is absent in all cases to a sensitivity of approximately one part in 30,000 of the strongest X-ray diffraction peak. This indicates to high sensitivity that the structural space group of these rare earth titanate pyrochlores is Fd-3m, and that thus the (002) peak observed in the neutron scattering experiments has a non-structural origin. The cell parameters and internal strain for lightly stuffed Ho2+xTi2-xO7 are also presented.

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