Abstract / Description of output
Alternative descriptions for the ground state structure of the half-doped manganite Pr0.5Ca0.5MnO3 have been tested against high-resolution 10 K x-ray and neutron powder diffraction data. The best fit is obtained using a P21∕m symmetry model, which supports the striped charge and orbital ordering picture. The magnitude of the charge ordering is, however, only 25% of the ideal Mn3+∕Mn4+ separation. An alternative Pnm21 pseudosymmetry, used to describe Zener polaron ordering in Pr0.6Ca0.4MnO3 [ Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 097205 (2002)], gives a different, bistriped, charge and orbitally ordered model that does not fit the data as well.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 140404(R) |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical review B |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 14 |
Early online date | 13 Nov 2004 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |