Published October 15, 2006 | Version v1
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High-resolution x-ray diffraction study of MnO nanostructured within a MCM-48 silica matrix with a gyroidal system of channels

  • 1. St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300, Gatchina, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, CE-Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 3. ESRF, Polygone Scientifique Louis Neel, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38000, Grenoble (France)
  • 4. National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • 5. A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, 194021, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)

Description

Antiferromagnetic MnO was synthesized within a mesoporous matrix MCM-48 with a gyroidal system of channels. Synchrotron radiation studies reveal that the embedded nanoparticles have a ribbonlike shape and a length of about 53(3) A . The peculiar diffraction line shape shows the loss of long-range atomic order. In spite of positional disorder, a transition from a cubic structure to a rhombohedral one, similar to the transition known for the bulk, is observed

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
p. 155440-155440.5
ISSN
1098-0121

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