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Magnetic behaviour of the MTbF6 fluoroterbates (M=Cd, Ca, Sr, (α/β)-Ba)
Josse,El-Ghozzi,Avignant,Andre,Bouree,Isnard
, p. 229 - 237 (2012)
Neutron powder diffraction has been performed on the MTbF6 fluorides (M=Cd, Ca, Sr, (α/β)-Ba). Four of these fluorides (Cd, Ca, Sr, β-Ba) are built of a (pseudo-) tetragonal packing of [TbF 6]2- chains and only differs by the chains relative orientations. Thus this series represents a valuable opportunity to evaluate the Tb4-Tb4 magnetic interactions. All the compounds displayed antiferromagnetic order (TN=2.70 K (Cd), 2.15 K (Ca), 2.60 K (Sr), 2.10 K (β-Ba)), except for the α form of BaTbF6. The crystal structure of this latter fluoroterbate has also been investigated by means of high-resolution neutron powder diffraction. From Neutron Powder Diffraction data, CdTbF6 and β-BaTbF6 magnetic structures were determined, together with the metamagnetic behaviour of β-BaTbF6 as a function of an external magnetic field. A tentative phase diagram is then given for β-BaTbF6. Advantage was taken of the polymorphism of the BaTbF6 fluoroterbate to analyse, on the basis of topological parameters such as bond distances and angles, the magnetic behaviour of its α and β forms. It was shown that superexchange interactions are present in β-BaTbF6, and that these interactions may also rule the magnetic behaviour of the other MTbF 6 (M=Ca, Sr, Cd) tetravalent terbium fluorides.
Solid-state NMR and EPR study of fluorinated carbon nanofibers
Zhang, Wei,Dubois, Marc,Guerin, Katia,Hamwi, Andre,Giraudet, Jerome,Masin, Francis
, p. 1915 - 1924 (2009/02/05)
Carbon nanofibers were fluorinated in two manners, in pure fluorine gas (direct fluorination) and with a fluorinating agent (TbF4 during the so-called controlled fluorination). The resulting fluorinated nanofibers have been investigated by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). This underlines that the fluorination mechanisms differ since a (CF)n structural type is obtained, whatever the temperature, with the controlled reaction,whereas, during the direct process, a (C2F)n type is formed over a wide temperature range. Through a careful characteriza tion of the products, i.e. density of dangling bonds (as internal paramagnetic centers), structural type (acting on molecular motion) and specific surface area (related to the amount of physisorbed O2), the effect of atmospheric oxygen molecules on the spin-lattice nuclear relaxation has been underlined.