NMR relaxation and rattling phonons in the type-I Ba8Ga16Sn30 clathrate Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Atomic motion of guest atoms inside semiconducting clathrate cages is considered an important source for glasslike thermal behavior. 69Ga and 71Ga nuclear magnetic resonance studies on type I Ba8Ga 16Sn30 show a clear low-temperature relaxation peak attributed to the influence of Ba rattling dynamics on the framework-atom resonance, with a quadrupolar relaxation mechanism as the leading contribution. Data are analyzed using a two-phonon Raman process, according to a recent theory involving localized anharmonic oscillators. Excellent agreement is obtained using this model, with the parameters corresponding to a uniform array of localized oscillators with very large anharmonicity. 2011 American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW B

altmetric score

  • 0.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Zheng, X., Rodriguez, S. Y., & Ross, J.

citation count

  • 23

complete list of authors

  • Zheng, Xiang||Rodriguez, Sergio Y||Ross, Joseph H Jr

publication date

  • July 2011