High-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction study of the pyrochlores: Ho2Ti2O7, Y2Ti2O 7 and Tb2Ti2O7

High Pressure Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 219-227

  Scott, Paul R ^a   Midgley, A ^a   Musaev, O ^a   Muthu, D V S ^b   Singh, S ^c   Suryanarayanan, R ^c   Revcolevschi, A ^c   Sood, A K ^b   Kruger, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

high pressure; Ho 2Ti2O7; pyrochlore; spin ice; synchrotron; Tb2Ti 2O7; XRD; Y2Ti2O7

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; HO 2TI2O7; PYROCHLORE; SPIN ICE; TB2TI 2O7; XRD; Y2TI2O7;

DIFFRACTION; ELASTIC MODULI; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HOLMIUM;

EID: 79952960719     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2010.548333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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