title: Structural and magnetic properties of hexagonal perovskites La1.2Sr2.7MO7.33 (M = Ru, Ir) containing peroxide ions.
abstract: The structures of the new compound La(1.2)Sr(2.7)IrO(7.33) and the recently discovered La(1.2)Sr(2.7)RuO(7.33) have been solved using a combination of X-ray and neutron diffraction. Both compounds crystallize in the trigonal space group Rm and consist of isolated MO6 (M = Ru, Ir) octahedra, which are arranged in well-defined hexagonal perovskite slabs. These slabs are separated by (Sr2O(1+delta)) layers containing both O2- and (O2)2- ions. The composition can therefore be written as La(1.2)Sr(2.7)MO(7-delta)(O2)delta with delta = 0.33. Results of the magnetic susceptibility and XANES measurements show that the transition metal cations are in a pentavalent state. While in La(1.2)Sr(2.7)RuO(7.33) an antiferromagnetic interaction between the Ru5+ ions is found, La(1.2)Sr(2.7)IrO(7.33) shows a very small temperature-independent paramagnetism down to 1.8 K due to the strong spin-orbit coupling characteristic for the 5d element iridium.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Festkörperchemie, Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany. thomas.goetzfried@physik.uni-augsburg.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Götzfried
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reller
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ebbinghaus