Valence band studies of the RTX (R=Pr,Nd; T=Cu,Ag,Au; X=Ge,Sn) compounds

Electronic structure and magnetic properties of RCuIn (R=La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Lu) compounds

“…The XPS spectra were obtained at room temperature using the Leybold LHS10 and PHI 5700/600 Physical Electronics electron photoemission spectrometers with the Al K␣ (hν = 1486.6 eV) radiation in the vacuum of about 10 −9 mbar. The detail concerning the experiment it was described elsewhere [8]. The reciprocal magnetic susceptibility of PrCuIn obeys the Curie-Weiss law in the temperature range 25-300 K. Similar dependences are observed in CeCuIn and NdCuIn.…”

119Sn Mössbauer studies of the DyAgSn and DyAuSn compounds

“…Neutron diffraction experiments have shown that the LiGaGe-type of structure is rather preferred for these compounds [12][13][14]. At low temperatures the majority of these compounds exhibits a collinear antiferromagnetic order described by the wave vector k = [1/2, 0, 0].…”

Electronic structure ofRAuSn(R=Sc, Ce, Gd, Er, and Lu) investigated with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and band structure calculati

“…[5][6][7][8] The RAuSn compounds with R = Ce-Nd, Gd-Er order antiferromagnetically with Neél temperatures ranging from 2.8 K for PrAuSn up to 35 K for GdAuSn. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] In view of the large number of investigations on this class of intermetallic materials, it is rather surprising that only few experimental [14][15][16][17] efforts have been made to determine the electronic structure. We have therefore performed x-ray photoelectron spectroscopic measurements on RAuSn for R = Sc, Ce, Gd, Er, and Lu, thereby encompassing the two different crystal structures as mentioned above.…”