Quantitative analyses of oxidation states for cubic SrMnO(3) and orthorhombic SrMnO(2.5) with electron energy loss spectroscopy.
The oxidation state of Mn in cubic SrMnO(3) and orthorhombic SrMnO(2.5) was investigated by electron energy loss (EEL) spectroscopy. Change in the oxidation state of Mn produced some spectral changes in the O-K edge as well as in the Mn-L(2,3) edge EEL spectra. This study demonstrated that the oxidation state of Mn and the amount of oxygen vacancies in cubic SrMnO(3) and orthorhombic SrMnO(2.5) could be quantified by analyzing the features of the O-K edge spectrum and the Mn L(3)∕L(2) ratio in the Mn-L(2,3) edge spectrum. Our quantitative analysis showed that the spectral changes in the Mn-L(2,3) edge were mainly caused by the oxidation state of Mn, whereas those in the O-K edge could be sensitive to both the oxidation state of Mn and to lattice distortions.
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Kobayashi
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Tokuda
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Ikuhara
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Yamamoto
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