Published April 30, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Tunneling states in Eu8Ga16Ge30

  • 1. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Noethnitzer Strasse 40, 01187 Dresden (Germany)

Description

The clathrate Eu8Ga16Ge30 is a cage compound with magnetic guest atom Eu. The RKKY interaction between Eu2+ moments leads to the ferromagnetic ordering at low temperatures. The most interesting properties of the compound are associated with the off-center fourfold split sites of Eu atoms. The appropriate four-well potential leads to the four-level tunneling states (FLS). The influence of FLS on the thermal conductivity is studied and the experimental situation considered. Direct evidence for the FLS is obtained from the anomalous elastic properties

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2005.01.038;
PII
S0921-4526(05)00041-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
359-361
Journal Page Range
p. 208-210
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
International conference on strongly correlated electron systems
Acronym
SCES '04
Dates
26-30 Jul 2004
Place
Karlsruhe (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37065589
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; CLATHRATES; ELASTICITY; EUROPIUM; EUROPIUM IONS; FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POTENTIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TUNNEL EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; IONS; MAGNETISM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTHS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.