A powder X-ray diffraction study, combined with magnetic susceptibility and electric transport measurements, was performed on a series of LnCoO<Subscript>3</Subscript> perovskites (Ln = Y, Dy, Gd, Sm, Nd, Pr and La) over a temperature range 100–1000 K. A non-standard temperature dependence of the observed thermal...</subscript>

It is well-known that cooperative properties such as magnetic ordering can depend on the samples’ dimensions (Ds) in a qualitative way. However, there have been no samples with well-defined non-integer Ds. The dimension of a given sample has been always discussed on the anisotropy of the...

The electronic structure of LaxSr1-xFe12O19 (x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1) hexaferrite is calculated using the density functional theory and generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The GGA+U method is used to improve the description of strongly correlated 3d electrons of Fe. The ‘virtual...

High pressure evolution of structural, vibrational and magnetic properties of La<Subscript>0.75</Subscript>Ca<Subscript>0.25</Subscript>MnO<Subscript>3< /Subscript> was studied by means of X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy up to 39 GPa, and neutron diffraction up to 7.5 GPa. The stability of different magnetic ground states, orbital configurations and...</subscript></subscript></subscript>

The crystal and magnetic structures of Pr<Subscript>0.15</Subscript>Sr<Subscript>0.85</Subscript>MnO<Subscript>3< /Subscript> manganite have been studied by means of powder X-ray and neutron diffraction in the temperature range 10–400 K at high external pressures up to 55 and 4 GPa, respectively. A structural phase transition from cubic to tetragonal phase...</subscript></subscript></subscript>