Thermal conductivity of (Er1−xYx)2Ti2O7 pyrochlore oxide solid solutions

Craig Bryan,1 Catherine A. Whitman,1,2 Michel B. Johnson,2 John F. Niven,3 Patrick Murray,1 Alex Bourque,1,2 Hanna A. Dąbkowska,4 Bruce D. Gaulin,4,5 and Mary Anne White1,2,3,* 1Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 2Institute for Research in Materials, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 3Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 4Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 5Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 (Received 2 May 2012; revised manuscript received 4 July 2012; published 14 August 2012)