Antiferromagnetism in a technetium oxide. Structure of CaTcO3

J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Feb 16;133(6):1654-7. doi: 10.1021/ja109431t. Epub 2011 Jan 26.

Abstract

The technetium perovskite CaTcO(3) has been synthesized. Combining synchrotron X-ray and neutron diffraction, we found that CaTcO(3) is an antiferromagnetic with a surprisingly high Neel temperature of ∼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.