Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phases with the formula (CaO)(CaMnO 3 ) n , where n ) 1, 2, 3, and ∞, have been prepared using the Pechini citrate gel process at temperatures as low as 900 °C under flowing oxygen. The compounds were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, Rietveld profile analysis, thermal gravimetric analysis, iodometric titrations, Mn K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy, temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility, and resistivity. Rietveld analysis shows that there is an elongation in the apical Mn-O distances of the MnO 6 octahedra, which increases with decreasing dimensionality. Mn K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy and iodometric titrations show no detectable amount of Mn 3+ (a Jahn-Teller distorted d 4 ion) in the samples indicating that the MnO 6 deformation may be associated with a splitting in the half-filled t 2g levels of Mn 4+ . Magnetic susceptibility measurements show spontaneous magnetic ordering to antiferromagnetic states at ∼125 K for CaMnO 3 and Ca 4 Mn 3 O 10 and at ∼110 K for Ca 2 MnO 4 and Ca 3 Mn 2 O 7 . The effective magnetic moment is greatly suppressed in all of the RP manganates, even in the threedimensional CaMnO 3 , n ) ∞ phase, and decreases dramatically with decreasing dimensionality. Large deviations from Curie-Weiss behavior are observed above the ordering temperature, which increase with decreasing n. These observations are discussed in terms of two-dimensional magnetic fluctuations and alternative mechanisms. The compounds are all poor electronic conductors with room-temperature resistivities in the range of 10 2 -10 4 Ω cm.
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