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The effect of varying the crystal structure on the magnetism, electronic structure and thermodynamics in the Gd5(SixGe1−x)4 system near x=0.5
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Pecharsky, Vitalij K. Samolyuk, German D. Antropov, Vladimir Pecharsky, Alexandra O. Gschneidner, K. A. Jun. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | The crystal structure, magnetic and other physical properties of the intermetallic Gd 5 (Si x Ge 1-x ) 4 phases are strongly dependent on the Si:Ge ratio (x). Especially intriguing behavior is observed when the chemical composition in this system is near x ≅ 0.5, where small changes in the stoichiometry result in drastic variations in the chemical bonding, electronic structure, crystal structure, and magnetism. Furthermore, the fully reversible magnetic/crystallographic (T C ≅ 270 K) and the irreversible thermoelastic crystallographic (between ∼ 500 and ∼ 750 K) transformations exist near this critical chemical composition. Both of these transformations involve the same two crystallographic modifications: the monoclinic Gd 5 (Si 2 Ge 2 )-type (β) and the orthorhombic Gd 3 Si 4 -type structures (a and γ). First principle calculations of the electronic structure and exchange coupling of these materials are in nearly quantitative agreement with the experiment. It appears that the unusual behavior observed in the near critical Gd 5 (Si x Ge 1-x ) 4 phases is closely related to the stability of the well-defined sub-nanometer thick atomic slabs coupled with the flexibility of their arrangements. |
| Starting Page | 57 |
| Ending Page | 68 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0022-4596(02)00146-9 |
| Volume Number | 171 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc739176/m2/1/high_res_d/802142.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4596%2802%2900146-9 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
