Abstract
We report nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) studies on Ru-sites of filled skutterudite compounds R Ru4 P12 (R = La, Nd, Sm) in zero magnetic field. For NdRu4 P12, the 101Ru-NQR signal disappears below TC = 1.6 K, which is indicative of the transformation into the ferromagnetically ordered ground state. For SmRu4 P12, a single 101Ru-NQR line splits into two lines below the metal-insulator transition temperature TMI = 16.5 K with the intensity ratio of 3 : 1. This result gives evidence that there are two inequivalent Ru-sites with different electric field gradient. The intensity ratio leads to a conclusion that the symmetry is lowered below TMI from a cubic Im over(3, -) space group to a trigonal R over(3, -) one.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1630-1632 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physica B: Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 403 |
| Issue number | 5-9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 1 2008 |
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Keywords
- Filled skutterudite
- Metal-insulator transition
- NQR
- SmRu P
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
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Ru-NQR studies on filled skutterudite compounds R Ru4 P12 (R = La, Nd, Sm). / Masaki, S.; Mito, T.; Takemura, M.; Wada, S.; Harima, H.; Kikuchi, D.; Sato, H.; Sugawara, H.; Takeda, N.; Zheng, Guo-Qing.
In: Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 403, No. 5-9, 01.04.2008, p. 1630-1632.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Ru-NQR studies on filled skutterudite compounds R Ru4 P12 (R = La, Nd, Sm)
AU - Masaki, S.
AU - Mito, T.
AU - Takemura, M.
AU - Wada, S.
AU - Harima, H.
AU - Kikuchi, D.
AU - Sato, H.
AU - Sugawara, H.
AU - Takeda, N.
AU - Zheng, Guo-Qing
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - We report nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) studies on Ru-sites of filled skutterudite compounds R Ru4 P12 (R = La, Nd, Sm) in zero magnetic field. For NdRu4 P12, the 101Ru-NQR signal disappears below TC = 1.6 K, which is indicative of the transformation into the ferromagnetically ordered ground state. For SmRu4 P12, a single 101Ru-NQR line splits into two lines below the metal-insulator transition temperature TMI = 16.5 K with the intensity ratio of 3 : 1. This result gives evidence that there are two inequivalent Ru-sites with different electric field gradient. The intensity ratio leads to a conclusion that the symmetry is lowered below TMI from a cubic Im over(3, -) space group to a trigonal R over(3, -) one.
AB - We report nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) studies on Ru-sites of filled skutterudite compounds R Ru4 P12 (R = La, Nd, Sm) in zero magnetic field. For NdRu4 P12, the 101Ru-NQR signal disappears below TC = 1.6 K, which is indicative of the transformation into the ferromagnetically ordered ground state. For SmRu4 P12, a single 101Ru-NQR line splits into two lines below the metal-insulator transition temperature TMI = 16.5 K with the intensity ratio of 3 : 1. This result gives evidence that there are two inequivalent Ru-sites with different electric field gradient. The intensity ratio leads to a conclusion that the symmetry is lowered below TMI from a cubic Im over(3, -) space group to a trigonal R over(3, -) one.
KW - Filled skutterudite
KW - Metal-insulator transition
KW - NQR
KW - SmRu P
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