Enhanced magnetic ordering transition temperature and broad dielectric relaxation in iron incorporated intergrown pyrochlore-spinel crystals

2018 ◽  
Vol 763 ◽  
pp. 409-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja Altaf U Rahman ◽  
Peter Schmid-Beurmann ◽  
Ramaswamy Murugan
2018 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.S. Wei ◽  
X.X. Zhang ◽  
M.F. Qian ◽  
P.G. Martin ◽  
L. Geng ◽  
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1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (23) ◽  
pp. 17545-17550 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Davids ◽  
L. Wang ◽  
A. Saxena ◽  
A. R. Bishop

2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1427-1432
Author(s):  
A Lafond ◽  
W Henggeler ◽  
H Mutka ◽  
B Ouladdiaf

LiCrS2 has magnetic Cr ions with spin S = 3/2 on a triangular lattice. Other researchers (J. Solid State Chem. 3, 590, 1971) concluded that this compound has an anti-ferromagnetic order with a stacked 2π/3 structure below a transition temperature of the order of TN = 50 K. We have re-examined this system with neutron scattering methods on powder samples, paying attention to the temperature dependence of the magnetic scattering. The overall characteristics of the magnetic ordering are in agreement with the earlier study but we have observed significant modifications of the stacked 2π/3 structure well below the critical temperature. The main new features observed on cooling from T = 25 K down to T = 1.5 K are (i) the gradual decrease from 2.5 µB to 2.3 µB of the ordered moment attributed to the 2π/3 structure, (ii) the appearance of new correlations corresponding to a multiplication of the magnetic unit cell, and (iii) the growth of a diffuse elastic scattering component that can be ascribed to a frozen disorder. These observation are not explained in the framework of the standard theoretical treatments concerning the stacked triangular anti-ferromagnet with Heisenberg or slightly anisotropic interactions. PACS Nos.: 75.10Nr, 75.25+z, 75.40Gb


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