Abstract
Polycrystalline samples of FeSe 0.82 and FeSe 0.5Te 0.5 were synthesized using a solid-state reaction route. Bulk superconductivity was confirmed using SQUID magnetometry. The onset of T c was at 8.0 K for FeSe 0.82 and 12.5 K for FeSe 0.5Te 0.5. Paramagnetic 57Fe Mössbauer spectra were recorded at temperatures between 5.4 and 320 K in transmission geometry. All spectra exhibited simple quadrupole splitting. For FeSe 0.5Te 0.5 a small drop in the quadrupole splitting was observed about T c upon cooling. Additionally, for both samples the isomer shift and the total absorption started to drop around T c, indicating a softening of the lattice. The drop is estimated to correspond to at least 60 K from the original Debye temperatures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-136 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Hyperfine Interactions |
| Volume | 208 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy
- Chalcogenide superconductivity
- Iron-based superconductors