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J García1, M C Sánchez, G Subías
1Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, C.S.I.C.-Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. jgr@posta.unizar.es
Abstract:
The electronic state of Mn atoms in mixed valence manganites has been studied by means of X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Mn K-edge. Higher resolution than in conventional measurements has been achieved by measuring the Mn Kbeta fluorescence line. We have found a unique resonance at the edge in the XANES spectra of intermediate composition RE1-xCa(x)MnO3 samples. The features of these XANES spectra do not depend on small changes in the local structure around the Mn atom. However, the spectra of the intermediate composition samples can not be reproduced by a linear combination of REMnO3 and CaMnO3 spectra. Accordingly, the electronic state of Mn atoms in these compounds can not be considered as a mixture of Mn3+ and Mn4+ pure states.
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