34 research outputs found
Heavy fermion and Kondo lattice behavior in the itinerant ferromagnet CeCrGe3
Physical properties of polycrystalline CeCrGe and LaCrGe have
been investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility
, isothermal magnetization M(H), electrical resistivity ,
specific heat C() and thermoelectric power S() measurements. These
compounds are found to crystallize in the hexagonal perovskite structure (space
group \textit{P6/mmc}), as previously reported. The ,
and C() data confirm the bulk ferromagnetic ordering of itinerant Cr moments
in LaCrGe and CeCrGe with = 90 K and 70 K respectively. In
addition a weak anomaly is also observed near 3 K in the C() data of
CeCrGe. The T dependences of and finite values of Sommerfeld
coefficient obtained from the specific heat measurements confirm that
both the compounds are of metallic character. Further, the dependence of
of CeCrGe reflects a Kondo lattice behavior. An enhanced
of 130 mJ/mol\,K together with the Kondo lattice behavior inferred from
the establish CeCrGe as a moderate heavy fermion compound with
a quasi-particle mass renormalization factor of 45.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. Accepted by Journal of Physics: Condensed Matte
Tetramer Orbital-Ordering induced Lattice-Chirality in Ferrimagnetic, Polar MnTi2O4
Using density-functional theory calculations and experimental investigations
on structural, magnetic and dielectric properties, we have elucidated a unique
tetragonal ground state for MnTi2O4, a Ti^{3+} (3d^1)-ion containing
spinel-oxide. With lowering of temperature around 164 K, cubic MnTi2O4
undergoes a structural transition into a polar P4_1 tetragonal structure and at
further lower temperatures, around 45 K, the system undergoes a paramagnetic to
ferrimagnetic transition. Magnetic superexchange interactions involving Mn and
Ti spins and minimization of strain energy associated with co-operative
Jahn-Teller distortions plays a critical role in stabilization of the unique
tetramer-orbital ordered ground state which further gives rise to lattice
chirality through subtle Ti-Ti bond-length modulations
SR and Neutron Diffraction Investigations on Reentrant Ferromagnetic Superconductor Eu(Fe{0.86}Ir{0.14})2As2
Results of muon spin relaxation (SR) and neutron powder diffraction
measurements on a reentrant superconductor Eu(FeIr)As
are presented. Eu(FeIr)As exhibits superconductivity
at ~K competing with long range ordered Eu
moments below K. A reentrant behavior (manifested by nonzero
resistivity in the temperature range 10--17.5 K) results from an exquisite
competition between the superconductivity and magnetic order. The zero field
SR data confirm the long range magnetic ordering below K. The transition temperature is found to increase with increasing
magnetic field in longitudinal field SR which along with the neutron
diffraction results, suggests the transition to be ferromagnetic. The neutron
diffraction data reveal a clear presence of magnetic Bragg peaks below which could be indexed with propagation vector k = (0, 0, 0), confirming a
long range magnetic ordering in agreement with SR data. Our analysis of
the magnetic structure reveals an ordered magnetic moment of (at 1.8 K) on the Eu atoms and they form a ferromagnetic structure with
moments aligned along the -axis. No change in the magnetic structure is
observed in the reentrant or superconducting phases and the magnetic structure
remains same for 1.8 K . No clear evidence of
structural transition or Fe moment ordering was found.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Magnetic structures of the Eu and Cr moments in EuCr As : Neutron diffraction study
The magnetic structures of the Eu2+ and Cr2+ moments in the nonsuperconducting parent compound EuCr2As2 have been determined by using neutron diffraction. While the Eu2+ moments order ferromagnetically with moments along the c direction at TC=21.0(1) K, the ordering temperature of the Cr2+ moments is found to be at very high temperature of 680(40) K by using magnetization measurements. The Cr2+ moments order in a G-type antiferromagnetic structure with moments along the c direction. According to this magnetic structure, the nearest-neighbor Cr2+ moments are antiferromagnetically aligned in the a−b plane as well as in the c direction. The ordered magnetic moment of the Eu2+ and Cr2+ amounts to 6.2(5)μB and 1.7(4)μB, respectively, at T=2 K
Role of surface composition in morphological evolution of GaAs nano-dots with low-energy ion irradiation
Direct and indirect measurement of the magnetocaloric effect in bulk and nanostructured Ni-Mn-In Heusler alloy
MeV N+-ion irradiation effects on -MoO3 thin films
In this work, modifications in the structural, vibrational, optical, and surface morphological
properties of 2 MeV N+-ion irradiated -MoO3 thin films are studied. Nitrogen irradiation up to the
fluence of 11015 ions cm−2 does not lead to any structural phase change. The irradiation induced
formation of nanoscale defect structures at the film surface becomes more prominent at higher
irradiation fluences, leading to the enhancement in the optical absorption behavior of the irradiated
films. The possible role of energy loss process in the mechanism of modifying the surface
morphology has been discussed
High temperature grown transition metal oxide thin films: tuning physical properties by MeV N+-ion bombardment
In this paper, we present a systematic study on tuning the physical properties of high
temperature (373 K) grown transition metal oxide thin films by the effect of 2MeV nitrogen
ion irradiation. Although we observe irradiation induced growth in crystallite sizes for both
WO3 and MoO3 films, no structural phase change takes place in the films due to N+-ion beam
irradiation even up to the fluence of 1 × 1015 N+ cm−2. On the other hand, irradiation leads to
a significant increase in the optical absorption and the surface roughness of the films. These
observations are corroborated by micro-Raman analysis. The results are attributed to the MeV
ion–matter interaction