• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.264-269
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• 2006

The Jahn-Teller effect caused by the electron-phonon interaction is explained with an example of an octahedral molecule. The physical meaning ot the Berry's phase is discussed. The Berry's phase which appears due to the dynamical Jahn-Teller effect is also discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.43-48
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• 2013

The Jahn-Teller distortion of chalcogenide $Fe_{0.9}M_{0.1}Cr_2S_4$ (M=Co, Ni, Zn) have been investigated by M$\ddot{o}$ssbauer spectroscopy. The crystal structures of $Fe_{0.9}M_{0.1}Cr_2S_4$ (M=Co, Ni, Zn) are cubic spinel at room temperature. Magnetoresistance measurements indicate these system is conducting-semiconducting transistion around $T_C$. Below $T_C$, the asymmetric line broadening is observed and considered to be dynamic Jahn-Teller distortion. Isomer shift value of the samples at room temperature was about 0.5 mm/s, which means that charge state of Fe ions is ferrous in character. The Ni substitutions for Fe occur to increase the Jahn-Teller relaxation. CMR properties could be explained with magnetic polaron due to Jahn-Teller effect, which is different from both the double exchange interactions of manganite system and the triple exchange interactions of chalcogenide $Cu_xFe_{1-x}Cr_2S_4$.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.261-264
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• 2005

The elastic constants, C', of $Th_{3}P_4$-type structure compounds, $La_{3}S_4\;and\;Ce_{3}S_4$, have been analyzed on the basis of band Jahn-Teller mechanism. The distinct difference between two compounds lies in the fact that $Ce^{3+}$ ion has a f electron which produces magnetism. It is shown that the band Jahn-Teller effect is sensitively influenced by the energy splitting of f electronic bands by a cubic crystal field in $Ce_{3}S_4$, and f electrons suppress the elastic softening effect. The energy splitting value obtained from the calculation of elastic constants is found to agree well with the experimental value obtained from the magnetic susceptibility measurement.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.123-127
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• 1995

$CuFe_{2}O_{4}$ was accomplished by chemical rrethod and the crystallographic and magnetic properties have been studied by $M\"{o}ssbauer$ spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The slowly cooled sample is found to have a tetragonal spinel structure with the lattice constant $a=8.26{\pm}0.05{\AA},\;c=8.75{{\pm}}0.05{\AA}$. The $M\"{o}ssbauer$ spectra between the room temperature to the Curie temperature show that the $Cu_{2+}$ ions at octahedral site have the Jahn-Teller effect and the sample exhibits a structural phase transition near 630K due to the Jahn-Teller effect. The Curie temperature is found to be 690K and it is lower than that of ceramic method.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.341-346
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• 1994

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.137-141
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• 2005

The CMR properties and magnetic properties of sulphospinels $Zn_xFe_{1-x}Cr_2S_4$ have been explored by X-ray diffraction, magnetoresistance measurement, and $M\ddot{o}ssbauer$ spectroscopy. The crystal structures in the range of x=0.05, 0.1, 0.2 are cubic at room temperature. Magnetoresistance measurement indicates that these system is semiconducting below about 160 K. The temperature of maximum magnetoresistance is almost consistent with Curie temperature. The Zn substitutions for Fe occur to increase the Jahn-Teller relaxation and the electric quadrupole shift. CMR properties could be explained with Jahn-Teller effect, and half-metallic electronic structure, which is different from both the double exchange interactions of manganite La-Ca-Mn-O system and the triple exchange interactions of chalcogenide $Cu_xFe_{1-x}Cr_2S_4$.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.50-54
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• 1999

We have measured the x-ray photoemission spectroscopy of cation deficient La0.970Mn0.970O3 as a function of temperature. Detailed results on the chemical shifts and changes in Mn 2p and Lp 3d core levels due to variation of temperature have been obtained. The Mn 2p 3/2 and 1/2 main peaks and La 3d core spectrum shift to lower binding energy levels with increasing temperature. This XPS behavior is correlated with the strength of localization of Mn3+. The Jahn-Teller effect due to Mn3+ besides the conventional random potential effects is likely to localize charge carriers in La-.970Mn0.970O3.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.151-156
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• 2001

Recently many studies on manganese oxides Ln$_{1-x}$A$_{x}$MnO$_3$(Ln=La, Pr, Nd lanthannide; A=Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb +2 ions) reported CMR properties. CMR have been also found in chalcogenide spinels. We have investigated that Ni ion substitutions for Fe ion have effects on CMR properties in chacogenide spinels Ni$_{x}$Fe$_{1-x}$Cr$_2$S$_4$. It was found that with increasing Ni concentration Jahn-Teller distortion was strengthened and Curie temperature T$_{c}$ was increased. CMR properties could be explained with Jahnl-Teller effect, half-metallic electronic structure, and the alignment of magnetic domain due to the strong magnetic field, which is different in that double exchange interactions dominate CMR properties in manganese oxides.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.527-533
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• 2006

Spinel $LiNi_xMn_{2-x}O_4$ thin films were synthesized up to x = 0.9 by a sol-gel method employing spin-coating. The Ni-substituted films were found to maintain cubic structure at low x but to exhibit tetragonal structure for $x{\geq}0.6$. Such cubic-tetragonal phase transition indicates that $Ni^{3+}(d7)$ ions with low-spin $(t_{2g}^6,e_g^1)$ state occupy the octahedral sites of the compound, thus being subject to the Jahn-Teller distortion. By x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy both $Ni^{2+}$ and $Ni^{3+}$ ions were detected. Optical properties of the $LiNi_xMn_{2-x}O_4$ films were investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) in the visible?ultraviolet range. The measured dielectric function spectra by SE mainly consist of broad absorption structures attributed to charge-transfer (CT) transitions, $O^{2-}(2p){\rightarrow}Mn^{4+}(3d)$ for 1.9 $(t_{2g})$ and $2.8{\sim}3.0$ eV $(e_g)$ structures and $O^{2-}(2p){\rightarrow}Mn^{3+}(3d)$ for 2.3 $(t_{2g})$ and $3.4{\sim}3.6$ eV $(e_g)$ structures. Also, sharp absorption structures were observed at about 1.6, 1.7, and 1.9 eV, interpreted as due to d-d crystal-field transitions within the octahedral $Mn^{3+}$ ion. The strengths of these absorption structures are reduced by the Ni substitution. Rapid reduction of the CT transition strength involving the eg states for x = 0.6 is attributed to the reduced wavefunction overlap between the $e_g$ and the $O^{2-}(2p)$ states due to the tetragonal extension of the lattice constant by the Jahn-Teller effect.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.111-117
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• 1998

Recent discovery of colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) phenomena in perovskite manganese oxides has evoked great interest for its physical peculiarity and the possible industrial application. Besides manganese oxides, CMR phenomena is also observed in $Tl_2Mn_2O_7$ with pyrochlore structure and in Cr-based chalcogenide with spinel structure. In this paper, we have studied electronic structures of Cr-based chalcogenide spindles $Fe_{1-x}Cu_xCr_2S_4$ at x=0.0, 0.5, 1.0 using the linearized muffin-tin orbital (LMTO) band method within the local density approximation (LDA). The characteristic resistivity for x=0.0, 0.5 could be explained qualitatively in terms of the half-metalic electronic structure and the Jahn-Teller effect. Especially, the half-metallic nature appearing in the metallic temperature regime is well descibed by the proposed conduction model for x=0.0, 0.5, 1.0. We have suggested, based on the conduction model, that the CMR phenomena observed in these compounds are closely correlated with the obtained half-metallic electronic structure.