Published December 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of inherent strain on the Curie temperature of rare earth ion-doped bismuth vanadate

  • 1. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)
  • 2. Dept. of Studies in Physics, Univ. of Mysore, Mysore (India)
  • 3. Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)

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X-ray line broadening is found to be an effective parameter to estimate the strain associated with rare earth ion (Gd3+)-doped polycrystalline bismuth vanadate (Bi2VO5.5). The strain increases with increasing Gd3+ concentration. It is anisotropic and found to be maximum in (111) plane. The Curie temperature which is known to decrease with increase in the rare earth ion concentration in these compounds is correlated with increase in strain. (author)

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Journal Title
Bulletin of Materials Science
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 499-502
CODEN
BUMSDW

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Notes
12 refs., 1 fig., 2 tabs.