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Verwey-type transition in EuNiP
Claudia FelserMarkus WaldeckVadim KsenofontovJürgen EnslingPhilipp GütlichHem C. KandpalAlbrecht MewisDirk Johrendtsubject
Phase transitionMaterials sciencechemistryCondensed matter physicsPhotoemission spectroscopyVan Hove singularityValencyGeneral Physics and Astronomychemistry.chemical_elementFermi energyIsostructuralEuropiumElectronic band structuredescription
High temperature 151Eu Mossbauer measurements provide proof for inhomogeneous mixed-valent behaviour in EuNiP. We observed that EuNiP undergoes a Verwey-type charge delocalisation transition when heated above 470 K prior to the structural γ-β phase transition at T ≈ 510 K. This finding confirms the results of photoemission spectroscopy in the isostructural compound EuPdP and of TB-LMTO-ASA band structure calculations. We discuss the role of a van Hove singularity associated with a high density of 4f states close to the Fermi energy in inhomogeneous mixed europium valency, and the microscopic mechanism of γ-β phase transition in compounds analogous to EuNiP.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-05-01 | Europhysics Letters (EPL) |