Unusual mixed valence of Eu in two new materials EuSr2Bi2S4F4 and Eu2SrBi2S4F4: M\'ossbauer and X-ray photoemission Spectroscopy investigations

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العنوان: Unusual mixed valence of Eu in two new materials EuSr2Bi2S4F4 and Eu2SrBi2S4F4: M\'ossbauer and X-ray photoemission Spectroscopy investigations
المؤلفون: Haque, Zeba, Thakur, Gohil Singh, Parthasarathy, Rangasamy, Gerke, Birgit, Block, Theresa, Heletta, Lukas, Pöttgen, Rainer, Joshi, Amish G., Selvan, Ganesan Kalai, Arumugam, Sonachalam, Gupta, Laxmi Chand, Ganguli, Ashok Kumar
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
الوصف: We have synthesized two new Eu-based compounds, EuSr2Bi2S4F4 and Eu2SrBi2S4F4 which are derivatives of Eu3Bi2S4F4, an intrinsic superconductor with Tc = 1.5 K. They belong to a tetragonal structure (SG: I4/mmm, Z = 2), similar to the parent compound Eu3Bi2S4F4. Our structural and 151Eu M\"ossbauer spectroscopy studies show that in EuSr2Bi2S4F4, Eu-atoms exclusively occupy the crystallographic 2a-sites. In Eu2SrBi2S4F4, 2a-sites are fully occupied by Eu-atoms and the other half of Eu-atoms and Sr-atoms together fully occupy 4e-sites in a statistical distribution. In both compounds Eu atoms occupying the crystallographic 2a-sites are in a homogeneous mixed valent state ~ 2.6 - 2.7. From our magnetization studies in an applied H = 9 Tesla, we infer that the valence of Eu-atoms in Eu2SrBi2S4F4 at the 2a-sites exhibits a shift towards 2+. Our XPS studies corroborate the occurrence of valence fluctuations of Eu and after Ar-ion sputtering show evidence of enhanced population of Eu2+-states. Resistivity measurements, down to 2 K suggest a semi-metallic nature for both compounds.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01926
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.00639
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1612.00639
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01926