Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.6, 1654-1657, 2011
Antiferromagnetism in a Technetium Oxide. Structure of CaTcO3
The technetium perovskite CaTcO3 has been synthesized. Combining synchrotron X-ray and neutron diffraction, we found that CaTcO3 is an antiferromagnetic with a surprisingly high Neel temperature of similar to 800 K. The transition to the magnetic state does not involve a structural change, but there is obvious magnetostriction. Electronic structure calculations confirm the experimental results.