Abstract
Vibrational, mechanical, thermodynamical properties and thermal conductivities of RE2Ti2O7 (RE = Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er and Yb) pyrochlores have been calculated using a proposed eight-parameter bond-bending force constant model. The main outcome of present calculation is that the first neighbor interaction (Ti–O) is stronger than the second neighbor interactions (RE–O). This means that the bonding between Ti and O is more ionic than the one between RE and O. It is also found that the bond strength of RE–O and the bulk modulus decrease in the sequence Sm [Formula: see text] Gd [Formula: see text] Dy [Formula: see text] Ho [Formula: see text] Er [Formula: see text] Yb. The bulk moduli and Young’s moduli of RE2Ti2O7 also decrease when RE changes from Sm to Yb.
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