Published February 15, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Temperature-dependent features of Pb3Mn7O15 crystal structure

  • 1. Institute of Engineering Physic and Radioelectronic of Siberian State University, Krasnoyarsk 630074 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. L.V. Kirensky Institute of Physics, SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk 660036 (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk 660049 (Russian Federation)

Description

The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) structural investigations of Pb3Mn7O15 crystals carried out for a wide temperature range including the room temperature are presented. It has been observed for the first time that with increasing temperature the Pb3Mn7O15 crystals transform from the orthorhombic (Pnma space group) to the hexagonal (P63/mcm space group) structure. The results of the thermal analysis have revealed two sharp peaks in the temperature dependence correlating with the XRD data. According to the results of the group-theoretical analysis, the Pb3Mn7O15 symmetry transformation can be described as P63/mcm⟹(η,0,0)M2-(12-4)Pnma.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2011.11.058

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2011.11.058;
PII
S0921-4526(11)01188-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
407
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 689-693
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

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