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Studies on the local structures and spin Hamiltonian parameters for the rhombic Nb4+ centers in MO2 (M = Sn, Ti and Ge) crystals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 January 2011
Abstract
The local structures and the spin Hamiltonian parameters for the substitutional Nb4+ centers in MO2 (M = Sn, Ti and Ge) crystals are theoretically studied using the perturbation formulas of these parameters for a 4d1 ion in a rhombically compressed octahedron. The above Nb4+ centers are found to experience the Jahn-Teller distortions, characteristic of the relative axial compressions (~ 0.01–0.02 Å) and the non-axial (planar) angular increases (~ 3°). As a result, the ligand octahedra are transformed from original elongation on host tetravalent cation sites to compression in the impurity centers, with additional non-axial distortions smaller than those in the hosts. The influences of the Jahn-Teller distortions and the ligand orbital contributions are also analyzed.
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