摘要
In search of an experimental route to produce linear arrays of spins without the use of nanotechnological tools, we have doped Nb<sub>28</sub>O<sub>70</sub> with small amounts of transition metal oxides (TM;in this case Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) or rare-earth oxides<sub>3</sub>, and investigated the location of the alien metal (Fe in this case) in the structure. Previous AC magnetic susceptibility measurements at low temperatures have been consistent with the formation of arrays of TM magnetic moments along the widely spaced columns parallel to the crystallographic b-axis in the Nb<sub>28</sub>O<sub>70</sub> structure. To obtain further details about the TM distribution, the previous investigation has been extended now to include a room-temperature Mössbauer spectroscopic analysis of the Fe-doped material. The data are consistent with the presence of low-spin Fe<sup>3+</sup> ions in both octahedral and tetrahedral coordinations of oxygens, and confirm (as suggested in the previous work) that Fe also interchanges positions with Nb ions located at tetrahedrally coordinated sites in the columns of the structure.
In search of an experimental route to produce linear arrays of spins without the use of nanotechnological tools, we have doped Nb<sub>28</sub>O<sub>70</sub> with small amounts of transition metal oxides (TM;in this case Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) or rare-earth oxides<sub>3</sub>, and investigated the location of the alien metal (Fe in this case) in the structure. Previous AC magnetic susceptibility measurements at low temperatures have been consistent with the formation of arrays of TM magnetic moments along the widely spaced columns parallel to the crystallographic b-axis in the Nb<sub>28</sub>O<sub>70</sub> structure. To obtain further details about the TM distribution, the previous investigation has been extended now to include a room-temperature Mössbauer spectroscopic analysis of the Fe-doped material. The data are consistent with the presence of low-spin Fe<sup>3+</sup> ions in both octahedral and tetrahedral coordinations of oxygens, and confirm (as suggested in the previous work) that Fe also interchanges positions with Nb ions located at tetrahedrally coordinated sites in the columns of the structure.
