28 research outputs found
Observation of elastic anomalies driven by coexisting dynamical spin Jahn-Teller effect and dynamical molecular spin state in paramagnetic phase of the frustrated MgCrO$
Ultrasound velocity measurements of magnesium chromite spinel MgCrO
reveal elastic anomalies in the paramagnetic phase that are characterized as
due to geometrical frustration. The temperature dependence of the tetragonal
shear modulus exhibits huge Curie-type softening, which
should be the precursor to spin Jahn-Teller distortion in the antiferromagnetic
phase. The trigonal shear modulus exhibits nonmonotonic temperature
dependence with a characteristic minimum at 50 K, indicating a coupling
of the lattice to dynamical molecular spin state. These results strongly
suggest the coexistence of dynamical spin Jahn-Teller effect and dynamical
molecular spin state in the paramagnetic phase, which is compatible with the
coexistence of magnetostructural order and dynamical molecular spin state in
the antiferromagnetic phase.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Elastic Instabilities within Antiferromagnetically Ordered Phase in the Orbitally-Frustrated Spinel GeCoO
Ultrasound velocity measurements of the orbitally-frustrated GeCoO
reveal unusual elastic instabilities due to the phonon-spin coupling within the
antiferromagnetic phase. Shear moduli exhibit anomalies arising from the
coupling to short-range ferromagnetic excitations. Diplike anomalies in the
magnetic-field dependence of elastic moduli reveal magnetic-field-induced
orbital order-order transitions. These results strongly suggest the presence of
geometrical orbital frustration which causes novel orbital phenomena within the
antiferromagnetic phase.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Spin-orbit coupling inactivity of Co ion in geometrically frustrated magnet GeCoO
We report single-crystal neutron diffraction studies on a spinel
antiferromagnet GeCoO, which exhibits magnetic order with a trigonal
propagation vector and tetragonal lattice expansion () below
K. For this inconsistency between spin and lattice in symmetry,
magnetic Bragg reflections with a tetragonal propagation vector were discovered
below . We discuss spin and orbital states of Co ion
underlying the new magnetic component.Comment: 3 pages 2 figures, submitted to ICFCM proceeding (Journal of Physics:
Conference Series, 2011