The melilite-typeoxidesarepotentialtargetsforexploringinterestingmagneticandelectronicproper- ties aswellasmultiferroicityandmagnetoelectriceffects.PolycrystallinesamplesofBa2Cu1xMnxGe2O7 havebeensynthesizedbysolidstatereactionmethod.Themorphologyandchemicalcompositionofthe samples havebeeninvestigatedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)andenergydispersivespec- troscopy(EDS).ByusingpowderX-raydiffraction,thephasecompositionofthesynthesizedcompounds and theevolutionoftheircrystallographicaxesasafunctionofthedopinghavebeensystematically studied. Thesynthesisofthepolycrystallinecompoundsreportedinthisworkisaprerequisiteforthe growthofhighqualitysinglecrystalsofmixedmelilite-typeoxidesessentialfortheinvestigationsofthe complexmagneticphasediagramofthesenon-centrosymmetricsystems
Synthesis and characterization of mixed melilite-type oxides
Granata V;Fittipaldi R;Pace S;Vecchione A
2017
Abstract
The melilite-typeoxidesarepotentialtargetsforexploringinterestingmagneticandelectronicproper- ties aswellasmultiferroicityandmagnetoelectriceffects.PolycrystallinesamplesofBa2Cu1xMnxGe2O7 havebeensynthesizedbysolidstatereactionmethod.Themorphologyandchemicalcompositionofthe samples havebeeninvestigatedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)andenergydispersivespec- troscopy(EDS).ByusingpowderX-raydiffraction,thephasecompositionofthesynthesizedcompounds and theevolutionoftheircrystallographicaxesasafunctionofthedopinghavebeensystematically studied. Thesynthesisofthepolycrystallinecompoundsreportedinthisworkisaprerequisiteforthe growthofhighqualitysinglecrystalsofmixedmelilite-typeoxidesessentialfortheinvestigationsofthe complexmagneticphasediagramofthesenon-centrosymmetricsystemsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
