Published April 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Local Lattice Effects in the Layered Manganite La1.4 Sr1.6Mn2O7

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  • 2. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

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The pair density function analysis of pulsed neutron diffraction data for the two-layer manganite La1.4Sr 1.6Mn2O7 indicates the presence of a large local Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion of comparable magnitude to that found in the perovskites, while the crystallographic structure shows a very small JT effect. A model that includes JT displacements provides a better representation of the local structure than the existing crystallographic one. While the local distortion is reduced at lower temperatures its change corresponds more to the increase in the transport in the ab plane than to the magnetic transition, reflecting the 2D nature of the crystal. copyright 1998 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
17
Journal Page Range
p. 3811-3814
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO