SUCCESSIVE STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN STOICHIOMETRIC LA2NIO4 OBSERVED BY X-RAY-DIFFRACTION

被引:18
作者
HAYASHI, A
TAMURA, H
UEDA, Y
机构
[1] Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106, Roppongi
来源
PHYSICA C | 1993年 / 216卷 / 1-2期
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0921-4534(93)90635-4
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Phase transition in La2NiO4+delta near stoichiometric oxygen content has been studied between 10 and 800 K by powder X-ray diffraction. In addition to a second-order transition from a high-temperature tetragonal (HTT) phase into a low-temperature orthorhombic (LTO1) phase at 700 K on cooling, a transition into another orthorhombic (LTO2) phase was observed at 75 K. The LTO2 phase developed into domains large enough for X-ray powder diffraction. We present evidence that the LTO2 phase is apparently an orthorhombic one and the second transition is of first order. The nature of phase transitions in La2MO4 (M=Ni, Cu) is also discussed in relation to the temperature dependence of the orthorhombicity.
引用
收藏
页码:77 / 82
页数:6
相关论文
共 24 条
[1]   A NEW STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION OF SUPERCONDUCTING LA2-XMXCUO4 [J].
AXE, JD ;
COX, DE ;
MOHANTY, K ;
MOUDDEN, H ;
MOODENBAUGH, AR ;
XU, Y ;
THURSTON, TR .
IBM JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 1989, 33 (03) :382-388
[2]   STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSFORMATIONS AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN LA2-XBAXCUO4 [J].
AXE, JD ;
MOUDDEN, AH ;
HOHLWEIN, D ;
COX, DE ;
MOHANTY, KM ;
MOODENBAUGH, AR ;
XU, YW .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1989, 62 (23) :2751-2754
[3]   MAGNETIC AND ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF LA2NIO4+X [J].
BRILL, TM ;
HAMPEL, G ;
MERTENS, F ;
SCHURMANN, R ;
ASSMUS, W ;
LUTHI, B .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 43 (13) :10548-10554
[4]   LOW-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSITION IN LA2NIO4+DELTA [J].
BURNS, G ;
DACOL, FH ;
RICE, DE ;
BUTTREY, DJ ;
CRAWFORD, MK .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1990, 42 (16) :10777-10780
[5]   LATTICE INSTABILITIES AND THE EFFECT OF COPPER-OXYGEN-SHEET DISTORTIONS ON SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN DOPED LA2CUO4 [J].
CRAWFORD, MK ;
HARLOW, RL ;
MCCARRON, EM ;
FARNETH, WE ;
AXE, JD ;
CHOU, H ;
HUANG, Q .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 44 (14) :7749-7752
[6]   RAMAN-SCATTERING OF ORTHORHOMBIC AND TETRAGONAL LN2NIO4+DELTA (LN = LA, PR, ND) OXIDES [J].
DEANDRES, A ;
FERNANDEZDIAZ, MT ;
MARTINEZ, JL ;
RODRIGUEZCARVAJAL, J ;
SAEZPUCHE, R ;
FERNANDEZ, F .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 1991, 3 (21) :3813-3823
[7]   TEMPERATURE AND COMPOSITION DEPENDENCE OF THE TETRAGONAL-ORTHORHOMBIC DISTORTION IN LA2-XSRXCUO4-DELTA [J].
FLEMING, RM ;
BATLOGG, B ;
CAVA, RJ ;
RIETMAN, EA .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1987, 35 (13) :7191-7194
[8]   OXYGEN DOPING AND PHASE-SEPARATION IN LA2NIO4+DELTA [J].
HOSOYA, S ;
OMATA, T ;
NAKAJIMA, K ;
YAMADA, K ;
ENDOH, Y .
PHYSICA C, 1992, 202 (1-2) :188-196
[9]   SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE OF LA2CUO4+DELTA - A SUPERCONDUCTING COMPOSITION RESULTING FROM PHASE-SEPARATION [J].
JORGENSEN, JD ;
DABROWSKI, B ;
PEI, SY ;
HINKS, DG ;
SODERHOLM, L ;
MOROSIN, B ;
SCHIRBER, JE ;
VENTURINI, EL ;
GINLEY, DS .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1988, 38 (16) :11337-11345
[10]   STRUCTURE OF THE INTERSTITIAL OXYGEN DEFECT IN LA2NIO4+DELTA [J].
JORGENSEN, JD ;
DABROWSKI, B ;
PEI, S ;
RICHARDS, DR ;
HINKS, DG .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1989, 40 (04) :2187-2199