InCuO2.5 and ScCuO2.5: New oxidized copper delafossites with triangular lattices of Cu2+ cations

O. Garlea, P. Bordet, C. Darie, O. Isnard, R. Ballou

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Abstract

New oxidized delafossite compounds of composition InCuO2.5 and ScCuO2.5 are synthesized and their structures are characterized by means of x-ray and neutron powder diffraction. Oxygen intake is accompanied by a small increase of the unit cell, and a complex superstructure attributed to oxygen ordering appears. Average structure refinements show the presence of additional oxygen close to the centres of Cu triangles, and an average copper valence of +2. The two compounds appear to be isostructural. Magnetic measurements show a non-linear thermal increase of the inverse magnetic susceptibility up to some maximum, soon followed by a minimum around 280 K.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S811-S816
JournalJournal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume16
Issue number11 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 24 2004

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