Metal-Insulator Transition in a Pyrochlore-type Ruthenium Oxide, Hg2Ru2O7

/ Authors

A. Yamamoto, P. Sharma, Y. Okamoto, A. Nakao, H. Katori, S. Niitaka, D. Hashizume, H. Takagi

/ Abstract

A new pyrochlore ruthenium oxide, Hg 2 Ru 2 O 7 , was synthesized under a high pressure of 6 GPa. In contrast to the extensively studied Ru 4+ oxides, this compound possesses a novel Ru 5+ valence ...

Journal: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.76.043703