Double double cation order in the high pressure perovskites MnRMnSbO6

Elena Solana-madruga, Ángel M. Arévalo-lópez, Antonio J. Dos Santos-garcía, Esteban Urones-garrote, David Ávila-brande, Regino Sáez-puche, J. Paul Attfield

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Cation ordering in ABO3 perovskites adds to their chemical variety and can lead to properties such as ferrimagnetism and magnetoresistance in Sr2FeMoO6. Through high-pressure and high-temperature synthesis, a new type of “double double perovskite” structure has been discovered in the family MnRMnSbO6 (R=La, Pr, Nd, Sm). This tetragonal structure has a 1:1 order of cations on both A and B sites, with A-site Mn2+ and R3+ cations ordered in columns and Mn2+ and Sb5+ having rock salt order on the B sites. The MnRMnSbO6 double double perovskites are ferrimagnetic at low temperatures with additional spin-reorientation transitions. The ordering direction of ferrimagnetic Mn spins in MnNdMnSbO6 changes from parallel to [001] below TC=76 K to perpendicular below the reorientation transition at 42 K at which Nd moments also order. Smaller rare earths lead to conventional monoclinic double perovskites (MnR)MnSbO6 for Eu and Gd.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition
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Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2016

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