Synthesis and characterization of mixed melilite-type oxides

Academic Article

Publication Date:

2017

abstract:

The melilite-typeoxidesarepotentialtargetsforexploringinterestingmagneticandelectronicproper-
ties aswellasmultiferroicityandmagnetoelectriceffects.PolycrystallinesamplesofBa2Cu1xMnxGe2O7
havebeensynthesizedbysolidstatereactionmethod.Themorphologyandchemicalcompositionofthe
samples havebeeninvestigatedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)andenergydispersivespec-
troscopy(EDS).ByusingpowderX-raydiffraction,thephasecompositionofthesynthesizedcompounds
and theevolutionoftheircrystallographicaxesasafunctionofthedopinghavebeensystematically
studied. Thesynthesisofthepolycrystallinecompoundsreportedinthisworkisaprerequisiteforthe
growthofhighqualitysinglecrystalsofmixedmelilite-typeoxidesessentialfortheinvestigationsofthe
complexmagneticphasediagramofthesenon-centrosymmetricsystems

Iris type:

01.01 Articolo in rivista

Keywords:

A1. Scanning electron microscope; A1. Solid-state reaction; A1. X-ray diffraction; B1. Barium compounds; B1. Oxides

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