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LaV1−xFexO3 perovskites were synthesized in the vanadium-rich concentration range (i.e., x < 0.5) and characterized structurally and for the hyperfine properties of the iron nuclear probe. The aim of this investigation was to better understand the physical transformations that take place in the undoped compound (LaVO3) at low temperatures. For that, X-ray diffraction analysis and, more extensively, 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy were applied. The results revealed that the LaV1-xFexO3 vanadium-rich perovskites are orthorhombic at RT, and their lattice parameters decrease with increasing vanadium concentration. Lowering the temperature, the system becomes magnetic, with the iron moment freezing progressively. The presence of two magnetic subspectral components obtained at the lowest measurement temperatures suggests that the vanadium-rich samples, including LaVO3, undergo a phase transition from an orthorhombic to a monoclinic structure at low temperatures.
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This article is part of the Topical Collection on Proceedings of the 15th Latin American Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (LACAME 2016), 13-18 November 2016, Panama City, Panama
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Tupan, L.F.S., Ivashita, F.F., Barco, R. et al. Hyperfine properties of La(V1−xFex)O3 compounds. Hyperfine Interact 238, 30 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-017-1404-z
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