New Transition-Metal Doped Germanium Clathrates Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • ABSTRACTWe have investigated transition-metal substitutions into germanium clathrates, and describe the properties of two different Fe-substituted Ge clathrates, one with the chiral Ba6Ge25-type clathrate structure, and one based on the Ba6Ga16Ge30clathrate with the type-I structure. In both cases Fe exhibits a high-spin local moment, with 5.5 Band 5.6 Bper Fe. We observe ferromagnetic ordering, withTcup to 278 K in the most heavily substituted Ba6Ga16Ge30clathrate. X-ray powder diffraction and electron microprobe measurements confirmed the formation of these substituted phases. Ni-doped type I clathrates were found to be diamagnetic. Strong competition from Mn11Ge8makes it difficult to produce pure Mn-doped clathrates, however a composite material with partially substituted chiral structure is described. Similar efforts to produce Co, Cr, and V-substituted clathrates have not been successful.

published proceedings

  • MRS Advances

author list (cited authors)

  • Li, Y., & Ross, J. H.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Li, Yang||Ross, Joseph H

publication date

  • January 2003