Published April 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Absence of charge fluctuations of europium in metallic single crystals of EuCu2Si2

  • 1. University of Ottawa, Department of Physics (Canada)
  • 2. AGH University of Technology, Solid State Physics Department (Poland)
  • 3. Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The 151Eu Moessbauer effect study in the temperature range 2.2-299.5 K on pulverized single crystals of EuCu2Si2 synthesized from an indium flux is presented. In contrast to previous studies on polycrystalline samples in which valence fluctuations for Eu were reported, we find that the Eu atoms are divalent in the whole temperature range. Therefore, there are no charge fluctuations of Eu in EuCu2Si2.

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Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
169
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 1295-1299
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYINDN

Conference

Title
28. international conference on the applications of the Moessbauer effect
Acronym
ICAME 2005
Dates
4-9 Sep 2005
Place
Montpellier (France)

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