Structural Phase Transition Accompanied by Metal - Insulator Transition in PrRu4P12
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A structural phase transition has been found using electron diffraction technique in PrRu4P12 accompanied by a metal insulator (M I) transition (TMI = 60K). Weak superlattice spots appeared at (H, K, L) (H + K + L = 2n + 1; n is an integer) position at a temperature of T = 12 K and 40 K. Above T = 70 K, the spots completely vanished. The space group of the low temperature phase is probably Pm 3. This is the first observation of a symmetry other than Im 3 in skutterudite compounds.
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