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| Author(s): |
Ramon, J. G. A.
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Wang, C. W.
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Ishida, L.
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Bernardo, P. L.
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Leite, M. M.
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Vichi, F. M.
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Gardner, J. S.
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Freitas, R. S.
Total Authors: 8
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PHYSICAL REVIEW B; v. 99, n. 21, p. 7-pg., 2019-06-27. |
| Abstract | |
Neutron scattering, ac magnetic susceptibility, and specific-heat studies have been carried out on polycrystalline Dy2Zr2O7. Unlike the pyrochlore spin ice Dy2Ti2O7, Dy2Zr2O7 crystallizes into the fluorite structure and the magnetic Dy3+ moments randomly reside on the corner-sharing tetrahedral sublattice with nonmagnetic Zr ions. Antiferromagnetic spin correlations develop below 10 K but remain dynamic down to 40 mK, with a significant amount of magnetic susceptibility. These correlations extend over the length of two tetrahedra edges and grow to six nearest neighbors with the application of a 20-kOe magnetic field. Magnetic heat capacity revealed a correlation peak at 2 K, but no Pauling's residual entropy was observed. We propose that the disorder precludes the development of spin-ice correlations seen in the chemically ordered Dy2Ti2O7 compound, with fluctuating spins in a disordered, liquidlike state (albeit slow) which do not freeze into a canonical spin-glass state that one might intuitively expect. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/19941-4 - Luminescent silicate nanostructures via non conventional synthesis routes |
| Grantee: | Flávio Maron Vichi |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/16191-5 - The research in new materials involving high magnetic fields and low temperatures |
| Grantee: | Gennady Gusev |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |