Published March 23, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

High pressure structural study of SmNiO3

  • 1. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, BP 220, F-38043 Grenoble (France)
  • 2. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid (Spain)

Description

The structural changes of SmNiO3 under high pressure have been studied by means of x-ray powder diffraction with synchrotron radiation in a diamond anvil cell. The orthorhombic perovskite structure transforms into the less distorted R3-barc rhombohedral structure at a pressure of 26 GPa. The volume versus pressure data are well described by a single Murnaghan equation of state, which yields a bulk modulus of 167 GPa. At 2.5 GPa the cell parameter b undergoes a small abrupt contraction that we propose is related to the expected pressure-induced metallization

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/17/S783/cm5_11_006.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. S783-S788
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

Conference

Title
2. international symposium on the physics of solids under high pressure using nuclear probes
Dates
22-25 Jul 2004
Place
Cologne (Germany)