Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 24, Issue 19, Pages 3746-3750Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm302231k
Keywords
nonequilibrium phases; perovskite; magnetic metal
Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Council for Science
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22224005, 12J10196] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Synthesizing metastable phases often open new functions in materials, but it is a challenging topic. Thin film techniques have advantages to form materials which do not exist in nature since nonequilibrium processes are frequently utilized. In this study, we successfully synthesize an epitaxially stabilized new compound of perovskite Eu2+Mo4+O3 as a thin film form by a pulsed laser deposition. The analogous perovskite SrMoO3 is a highly conducting paramagnetic material, but Eu2+ and Mo4+ are not compatible in equilibrium, and a previous study found that the more stable pyrochlore Eu23+Mo24+O7 prefers to form. By using isostructural perovskite substrates, the gain of the interface energy between the film and the substrate stabilizes the matastable EuMoO3 phase. This compound exhibits high conductivity and large magnetic moment, originating from Mo 4d(2) electrons and Eu 4f(7) electrons, respectively. Our result indicates the epitaxial stabilization is effective not only to stabilize crystallographic structures but also to form a new compound which contains unstable combinations of ionic valences in bulk form.
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