143 research outputs found
Electrochemical De-intercalation, Oxygen Non-stoichiometry, and Crystal Growth of NaxCoO2-d
We report a detailed study of de-intercalation of Na from the compound
NaxCoO2-d using an electrochemical technique. We find evidence for stable
phases with Na contents near the fractions ~1/3, 1/2, 5/8, 2/3, and 3/4.
Details regarding the floating-zone crystal growth of Na0.75CoO2 single
crystals are discussed as well as results from magnetic susceptibility
measurements. We observe the presence of significant oxygen deficiencies in
powder samples of Na0.75CoO2-d prepared in air, but not in single crystal
samples prepared in an oxygen atmosphere. The oxygen deficiencies in a
Na0.75CoO2-d sample with d ~ 0.08 remain even after electrochemically
de-intercalating to Na0.3CoO2-d.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Anelastic spectroscopy study of the spin-glass and cluster spin-glass phases of LaSrCuO
The anelastic spectra of LaSrCuO have been measured at
liquid He temperatures slightly below and above the concentration which is considered to separate the spin-glass phase from the
cluster spin-glass (CSG) phase. For all the elastic energy loss
functions show a step below the temperature of freezing into
the CSG state, similarly to what found in samples well within the CSG phase,
but with a smaller amplitude. The excess dissipation in the CSG state is
attributed to the motion of the domain walls between the clusters of
antiferromagnetically correlated spin. These results are in agreement with the
recent proposal, based on inelastic neutron scattering, of an electronic phase
separation between regions with and , at least for
Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Magnetization Reversal in Fe Doped SmCrO3
AbstractThe compound SmCr1-xFexO3 perovskites were prepared by citric acid route. The samples were characterized by XRD and SEM The temperature and field dependent magnetization measurements were carried out in the temperature range of 5K to 400K at 0.01T field and -5T to 5 T field at 2K. SmCrO3 compound has shown two magnetic transition temperatures (TN1 and TN2) at 197K and 38K. The observed behavior at 197K is the characteristic of anti-ferromagnetic ordering of Cr 3+ moments with weak ferromagnetism. The drop in magnetization below 38K is due to the spin reorientation of Sm3+ in anti ferromagnetic arrangement and Cr3+spins. The doping of Fe in SmCrO3 compound has shown a decrease in TN1 and also the two magnetization reversals at 177K and 57K. The magnetic behavior at low temperatures is (T<T N1)explained in the context of competition among moments of rare earth(Sm) and transition metal ion(Cr/Fe). The existence of the two magnetization reversals offers the characteristic switching of magnetization without changing the direction of the applied magnetic field
Anomalous broadening of the spin-flop transition in the reentrant spin-glass phase of LaSrCuO ()
The magnetization in a lightly doped LaSrCuO ()
single crystal was measured. Spin-flop transition was clearly observed in the
hole doped antiferromagnetically ordered state under increasing magnetic fields
perpendicular to the CuO plane. In the spin-glass phase below 25K, the
spin-flop transition becomes broad but the step in the magnetization curve
associated with the transition remains finite at the lowest temperature. We
show in this report that, at low temperature, the homogeneous antiferromagnetic
order is disturbed by the re-distribution of holes, and that the spatial
variance of the local hole concentration around increases.Comment: to be published to Physical Review
Mesoscopic phase separation in La2CuO4.02 - a 139La NQR study
In crystals of La2CuO4.02 oxygen diffusion can be limited to such small
length scales, that the resulting phase separation is invisible for neutrons.
Decomposition of the 139La NQR spectra shows the existence of three different
regions, of which one orders antiferromagnetically below 17K concomitantly with
the onset of a weak superconductivity in the crystal. These regions are
compared to the macroscopic phases seen previously in the title compound and
the cluster-glass and striped phases reported for the underdoped Sr-doped
cuprates.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX, 5 figures, to be published in PR
Phase control of La2CuO4 in thin-film synthesis
The lanthanum copper oxide, La2CuO4, which is an end member of the prototype
high-Tc superconductors (La,Sr)2CuO4 and (La,Ba)2CuO4, crystallizes in the
"K2NiF4" structure in high-temperature bulk synthesis. The crystal chemistry,
however, predicts that La2CuO4 is at the borderline of the K2NiF4 stability and
that it can crystallize in the Nd2CuO4 structure at low synthesis temperatures.
In this article we demonstrate that low-temperature thin-film synthesis
actually crystallizes La2CuO4 in the Nd2CuO4 structure. We also show that the
phase control of "K2NiF4"-type La2CuO4 versus "Nd2CuO4"-type La2CuO4 can be
achieved by varying the synthesis temperature and using different substrates.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRB, revte
Neutron scattering study of the effects of dopant disorder on the superconductivity and magnetic order in stage-4 La_2CuO_{4+y}
We report neutron scattering measurements of the structure and magnetism of
stage-4 La_2CuO_{4+y} with T_c ~42 K. Our diffraction results on a single
crystal sample demonstrate that the excess oxygen dopants form a
three-dimensional ordered superlattice within the interstitial regions of the
crystal. The oxygen superlattice becomes disordered above T ~ 330 K, and a fast
rate of cooling can freeze-in the disordered-oxygen state. Hence, by
controlling the cooling rate, the degree of dopant disorder in our
La_2CuO_{4+y} crystal can be varied. We find that a higher degree of quenched
disorder reduces T_c by ~ 5 K relative to the ordered-oxygen state. At the same
time, the quenched disorder enhances the spin density wave order in a manner
analogous to the effects of an applied magnetic field.Comment: 4 figures included in text; submitted to PR
Absence of static magnetic order in lightly-doped Ti1-xScxOCl down to 1.7 K
Impurity-induced magnetic order has been observed in many quasi-1D systems
including doped variants of the spin-Peierls system CuGeO3. TiOCl is another
quasi-1D quantum magnet with a spin-Peierls ground state, and the magnetic Ti
sites of this system can be doped with non-magnetic Sc. To investigate the role
of non-magnetic impurities in this system, we have performed both zero field
and longitudinal field muSR experiments on polycrystalline Ti1-xScxOCl samples
with x = 0, 0.01, and 0.03. We verified that TiOCl has a non-magnetic ground
state, and we found no evidence for spin freezing or magnetic ordering in the
lightly-doped Sc samples down to 1.7 K. Our results instead suggest that these
systems remain non-magnetic up to the x = 0.03 Sc doping level.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
A simple variational approach to the quantum Frenkel-Kontorova model
We present a simple and complete variational approach to the one-dimensional
quantum Frenkel-Kontorova model. Dirac's time-dependent variational principle
is adopted together with a Hatree-type many-body trial wavefunction for the
atoms. The single-particle state is assumed to have the Jackiw-Kerman form. We
obtain an effective classical Hamiltonian for the system which is simple enough
for a complete numerical solution for the static ground state of the model.
Numerical results show that our simple approach captures the essence of the
quantum effects first observed in quantum Monte Carlo studies.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
Temperature-Dependent Anomalies in the Structure of the (001) Surface of LiCu2O2
Surface corrugation functions, derived from elastic helium atom scattering
(HAS) diffraction patterns at different temperatures, reveal that the Cu2+ rows
in the (001) surface of LiCu2O2 undergo an outward displacement of about 0.15
{\AA} as the surface was cooled down to 140 K. This is probably the first time
that isolated one-dimensional magnetic ion arrays were realized, which
qualifies the Li1+Cu2+O2-2 surface as a candidate to study one-dimensional
magnetism. The rising Cu2+ rows induce a surface incommensurate structural
transition along the a-direction. Surface equilibrium analysis showed that the
surface Cu2+ ions at bulk-like positions experience a net outward force along
the surface normal which is relieved by the displacement. Temperature-dependent
changes of the surface phonon dispersions obtained with the aid of inelastic
HAS measurements combined with surface lattice dynamical calculations are also
reported.Comment: 4 pages, 7 figure
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