Neutron powder diffraction investigation of the structural and magnetic properties of (La1-yYy)FeAsO

Details Neutron powder diffraction investigation of the structural and magnetic properties of (La1-yYy)FeAsO Neutron powder diffraction investigation of the structural and magnetic properties of (La1-yYy)FeAsO

2009-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/0911.2153v1

Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 214106

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

27 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

The structural, magnetic and resistive properties of (La1-yYy)FeAsO compounds (y = 0.10, 0.20, 0.30) have been investigated by means of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction as well as by resistivity measurements. The temperatures at which the structural transition from tetragonal to orthorhombic and the magnetic ordering take place progressively reduce by similar amounts with increasing Y substitution on account of the progressive chemical pressure increase. We propose that the structural transition could be originated by a cooperative Jahn-Teller distortion involving the alignment of the fully occupied Fe 3d(z2) orbitals in the Fe plane along the y axis, leading to the branching of the cell parameters a and b. The magnetic structure develops after the occurrence of the structural transition, but before its completion.

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