Abstract
The synthesis of Sr2FeO3 through a hydride reduction of the Ruddlesden-Popper layered perovskite Sr2FeO4 is reported. Rietveld refinements using synchrotron and neutron powder diffraction data revealed that the structure contains corner-shared FeO4 square-planar chains running along the [010] axis, being isostructural with Sr2CuO3 (Immm space group). Fairly strong Fe-O-Fe and Fe-Fe interactions along [010] and [100], respectively, make it an S = 2 quasi two-dimensional (2D) rectangular lattice antiferromagnet. This compound represents the end-member (n = 1) of the serial system Srn+1Fe nO2n+1, together with previously reported Sr 3Fe2O5 (n = 2) and SrFeO2 (n = ∞), thus giving an opportunity to study the 2D-to-3D dimensional crossover. Neutron diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy show the occurrence of G-type antiferromagnetic order below 179 K, which is, because of dimensional reduction, significantly lower than those of the other members, 296 K in Sr3Fe2O5 and 468 K in SrFeO2. However, the temperature dependence of magnetic moment shows a universal behavior. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 6096-6102 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 20 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Generated from Scopus record by KAUST IRTS on 2022-09-13ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry