EXAFS Studies of Zn1-xMnxS Ternary Compounds

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EXAFS Studies of Zn1−x\text{}_{1-x}Mnx\text{}_{x}S Ternary Compounds

We performed extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements of Zn$\text{}_{1-x}$Mn$\text{}_{x}$S solid solution for various concentrations x in the range of 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4. Data were collected on Zn and Mn K-edges with the use of synchrotron radiation from the ADONE storage ring in Frascati utilizing the Si(111) channel-cut monochromator. Applying the usual procedure of data reduction described elsewhere, we found well-defined different nearest-neighbor Zn-S and Mn-S distances, according to the previous results, almost independent on x. For Mn-S distances in the range of 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 1.0 we found, within the limit of experimental error, a constant value equal to 2.430±0.008 Å. For Zn-S distances for concentration changing from x = 0.0 to x = 0.4 we observed a weak, linear increase from 2.343±0.008 Å to 2.354 ± 0.008 Å, respectively