Phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of YVO₃

We show that in YVO₃ additional hard phonons gradually become zone center infrared active below ∼210 K, verifying that a lattice phase transition takes place at about that temperature. Their gradual increment in intensity between ∼210 and ∼77 K is associated with a "glassy" behavior found...

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Autores principales: Massa, Néstor Emilio, Piamonteze, Cinthia, Tolentino, Hélio C. N., Alonso, José Antonio, Martínez Lope, María Jesús, Casais, María Teresa
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Publicado: 2004
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topic Ciencias Exactas
phonon activity
temperatures
antiferromagnetism
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
phonon activity
temperatures
antiferromagnetism
Massa, Néstor Emilio
Piamonteze, Cinthia
Tolentino, Hélio C. N.
Alonso, José Antonio
Martínez Lope, María Jesús
Casais, María Teresa
Phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of YVO₃
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
phonon activity
temperatures
antiferromagnetism
description We show that in YVO₃ additional hard phonons gradually become zone center infrared active below ∼210 K, verifying that a lattice phase transition takes place at about that temperature. Their gradual increment in intensity between ∼210 and ∼77 K is associated with a "glassy" behavior found in the temperature-dependent V K edge pseudoradial distribution. This translates into an increase in the Debye-Waller factors ascribed to the appearance of V local structural disorder below ∼150 K. Conflicts between various ordering mechanisms in YVO₃ bring up similarities of the intermediate phase to known results in dielectric incommensurate systems, suggesting the formation of commensurate domains below 116 K, the onset temperature of G-type antiferromagnetism. We propose that ∼210 and ∼77 K be understood as the temperatures where the commensurate-incommensurate and incommensurate-commensurate "lock-in" phase transitions take place. We found support for this interpretation in the inverted λ shapes of the measured heat capacity and in the overall temperature dependence of the hard phonons.
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author Massa, Néstor Emilio
Piamonteze, Cinthia
Tolentino, Hélio C. N.
Alonso, José Antonio
Martínez Lope, María Jesús
Casais, María Teresa
author_facet Massa, Néstor Emilio
Piamonteze, Cinthia
Tolentino, Hélio C. N.
Alonso, José Antonio
Martínez Lope, María Jesús
Casais, María Teresa
author_sort Massa, Néstor Emilio
title Phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of YVO₃
title_short Phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of YVO₃
title_full Phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of YVO₃
title_fullStr Phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of YVO₃
title_full_unstemmed Phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of YVO₃
title_sort phonon activity and intermediate glassy phase of yvo₃
publishDate 2004
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