On the skutterudite Pt 4Sn4.4Sb7.6
- Author(s)
- Gerda Rogl, Andrij Grytsiv, Peter Franz Rogl, Ernst Bauer, Martin Kriegisch, Stephan Puchegger, Michael Zehetbauer
- Abstract
Pt4Sn4.4Sb7.6 (a = 9.3304(2) Å, space group $Im\,\overline 3 $ ) is an unfilled skutterudite member of the solid solution SnxPt4SnySb 12-x. In contrast to SnxNi4Sn ySb12-y and SnxPt4Sn ySb12-x no Sn could be found in the 2a sites of the Sn/Sb framework. Physical properties have been data for Ni4Sn 3Sb9 and Ni4Sn3.5Sb8.5. Resistivity measurements for Pt4Sn4.4Sb7.6 reveal a temperature dependent crossover from metallic to semiconducting behaviour connected with a corresponding change from negative to positive thermopower at 30 K. Vicker's hardness, thermal expansion and elastic moduli compare well with values of other Sb- investigated in the temperature range from 4.2 K to 800 K and have been compared with based skutterudites.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Dynamics of Condensed Systems, Physics of Nanostructured Materials
- External organisation(s)
- Technische Universität Wien
- Journal
- International Journal of Modern Physics B
- Volume
- 24
- Pages
- 711-721
- No. of pages
- 11
- ISSN
- 0217-9792
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979210064332
- Publication date
- 2010
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103023 Polymer physics, 210006 Nanotechnology, 103018 Materials physics
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/on-the-skutterudite-pt-4sn44sb76(dd40998e-63e7-46d5-a822-dbd22d6d15f0).html