Pressure induced anisotropic magnetovolume phenomena in Lu2Fe17 Intermetallics

Magnetisation and magnetic susceptibility of a Lu₂Fe₁₇ single crystal have been studied under hydrostatic pressure up to 1.2 GPa at temperatures down to 5 K using a SQUID magnetometer. The ferromagnetic phase of Lu₂Fe₁₇ is suppressed rapidly above a critical pressure P _C = 0.4 GPa in the whole temperature range below the critical temperature T _C . A magnetic phase diagram of Lu₂Fe₁₇ has been constructed using results of the magnetic susceptibility measurements under pressure. A pressure induced incommensurate antiferromagnetic phase exhibits metamagnetic transitions with the increasing critical magnetic field H _C under pressure. Taking into account recent neutron diffraction data, the pressure induced anisotropic changes of the lattice parameters of the Lu₂Fe₁₇ are discussed.     

Features of magnetic phase transitions in iron-manganese arsenides of the type Fe a−x MnxAs (a≈1.6)

This paper discusses how temperature/pressure processing affects the cascade of magnetic phase transitions in the alloy Fe_0.5Mn_1.1As with a C38 tetragonal crystal lattice. It shows that after various temperature/pressure treatment regimes (quenching of the sample from 800 °C under pressures of 30–60 kbar) no transition to the low-temperature phase is observed, as a result of which the ferrimagnetic phase extends to liquid-nitrogen temperatures. These results are analyzed on the basis of a qualitative model that takes into account the competition of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions within and between nonequivalent crystallographic subsystems. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 889–893 (May 1997)     

Pressure-Induced Decrease in the Curie Temperature of Gd<Subscript>2</Subscript>Fe<Subscript>17</Subscript>: LSDA+U Calculations

To explain the magnetic properties of advanced ferromagnetic intermetallic compounds of the R₂Fe₁₇ (R is a rare-earth element) class, experimentalists often use the hypothesis of competition between ferromagnetic exchange and antiferromagnetic exchange between four types of the nearest iron atoms in nonequivalent lattice sites. For the rhombohedral Gd₂Fe₁₇ ferromagnet, we calculate the magnetic moments of iron and gadolinium ions, the parameters of exchange between Fe atoms, and Curie temperature T_C at a zero pressure and during hydrostatic lattice compression. The magnetic moment of the unit cell of Gd₂Fe₁₇ is shown to decrease under pressure, and this decrease is almost completely associated with a decrease in the magnetic moments of Fe rather than Gd ions, the pressure dependence of the magnetic moments of which is weaker by an order of magnitude. In contrast to the hypothesis regarding the competition of exchange interactions between different kinds of Fe atoms, the parameters of exchange between the nearest iron atoms in different crystallographic sites are found to be positive ferromagnetic (at a zero pressure and during compression), and a ferromagnetic character of interaction is shown to remain unchanged under pressure even for Fe atoms in the so-called dumbbell sites with the nearest interatomic distances. The Curie temperature T_C of Gd₂Fe₁₇ is shown to decrease with increasing pressure. The changes in the exchange parameters and the magnetic moments of Gd₂Fe₁₇ during compression are found to be mainly related to a change in the position of energy spectrum branches with respect to each other and the Fermi level ?_F rather than to a change in the overlapping of wavefunctions, which play a minor role.     

Magnetic properties of rare earth-transition metal compounds

A survey is given of results obtained by means of rare earth and⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy on intermetallic compounds of rare earths (R) and 3d metals (M). It is shown how these results can be used to obtain experimental information on crystal field effects, magnetic anisotropy, magnetic moments and magnetic coupling constants. The types of compounds considered in this review comprise RM₅, R₂M₁₇, R₂Fe₁₄B, R₂Fe₁₄C, R₂Fe₁₇C _x and RFe₁₀V₂. The results obtained by Mössbauer spectroscopy are compared with other techniques and the discussion of relevant theoretical models is included.     

Effects of pressure on magnetic interactions in the rare earth intermetallics R2Ni17

The Curie temperatures of Y₂Ni₁₇ and Dy₂Ni₁₇ were observed to vary with hydrostatic pressure at a rate of –0.44 K/kbar. The results for the compounds R₂Ni₁₇ were compared with previously reporteddT _c/dp data for R₂Co₁₇ and R₂Fe₁₇ and discussed in terms of simplified collective and localizedd-electron models. The former model suggests that R₂Ni₁₇ and R₂Co₁₇ are relatively far from the Stoner instability limit, while the compounds R₂Fe₁₇ approach very weak itinerant ferromagnetism. The slow pressure variation of the compensation temperature of Dy₂Ni₁₇, –0.03 K/kbar, was attributed to the insensitivity of the R-Ni interaction to interatomic spacing.     

Anisotropy of Linear Thermal Expansion and Compressibility of Y 2 Fe 17 Under Pressure and its Correlation to Magnetic Structure

A complex temperature dependence of a.c. susceptibility of Y 2 Fe 17 under high pressures together with recent neutron diffraction studies under pressure proved the instability of the collinear ferromagnetic structure and the development of a non-collinear magnetic arrangement of Fe moments in Y 2 Fe 17 . To study the correlation between magnetic structure and volume in more detail we performed compressibility and linear thermal expansion studies under high pressures up to 100 kbar and 10 kbar, respectively. The compressibility in the paramagnetic state s P (above 10 kbar at room temperature) was determined from the Murnaghan equation of state using the X-ray data, \kappa_{P}=0.80\ {\rm Mbar}^{-1} . The linear thermal expansion and compressibility in the ferromagnetic state at low temperatures are highly anisotropic. As a consequence, the c/a ratio decreases with increasing pressure. The magnetic phase diagram of Y 2 Fe 17 compound was compiled up to 20 kbar.     

Effect of high pressure and chemical substitution on the crystal structure and magnetic state of R2Fe17 ? xSix (R = Lu or Y; x = 0 or 1.7)

The effect of high pressure on the crystal structure of the intermetallic compounds R₂Fe_{17 − x} Si_x (R = Lu or Y; x = 0 or 1.7) was studied using neutron diffraction. A correlation between changes in structural parameters and magnetic properties under the action of high pressure, as well as under chemical substitution of Si for Fe atoms, was analyzed in terms of localized moment and spin fluctuation models. The spin fluctuation model was found to describe more adequately the experimentally observed increase in the Curie temperature upon chemical substitution and the decrease in this temperature under the action of high pressure. Possible reasons for the suppression of a collinear ferromagnetic state and the occurrence of a noncollinear antiferromagnetic state in R₂Fe_17−x Si_x under pressure are discussed based on estimated differences between the total energy minima of these states.     

The intersublattice molecular field in the rich Fe−4f intermetallics

Some experimental evidence is given to show that the3d-4f spin coupling parameter is rather insensitive to the kind of the rare earth spin and iron composition in the R _n Fe _m intermetallics. The intersublattice molecular field has been calculated for the rich Fe–4f compounds on the basis of a value of 6.72 K for this parameter as derived from high magnetic field studies. This field affects the R magnetic moment and originates from iron sublattice in the R₂Fe₁₇, R₆Fe₂₃, RFe₃ and RFe₂ compounds. The values of the field for the new magnetic materials of the R₂Fe₁₄B type have also been calculated.     

Effect of high pressure and chemical substitution on the crystal structure and magnetic state of R2Fe17 ? x Six (R = Lu or Y; x = 0 or 1.7)

The effect of high pressure on the crystal structure of the intermetallic compounds R₂Fe_{17 − x} Si_x (R = Lu or Y; x = 0 or 1.7) was studied using neutron diffraction. A correlation between changes in structural parameters and magnetic properties under the action of high pressure, as well as under chemical substitution of Si for Fe atoms, was analyzed in terms of localized moment and spin fluctuation models. The spin fluctuation model was found to describe more adequately the experimentally observed increase in the Curie temperature upon chemical substitution and the decrease in this temperature under the action of high pressure. Possible reasons for the suppression of a collinear ferromagnetic state and the occurrence of a noncollinear antiferromagnetic state in R₂Fe_17−x Si_x under pressure are discussed based on estimated differences between the total energy minima of these states. Original Russian Text ? D.P. Kozlenko, V.I. Voronin, V.P. Glazkov, B.N. Savenko, 2007, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 86, No. 9, pp. 675–680.     

Formation and magnetic properties of R2Fe17−xGaxC2 compounds prepared by arc-melting

The single phase compounds of R₂Fe_17−xGa_xC₂ (R = Y, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Tm;x = 2 and 3) with the rhombohedral Th₂Zn₁₇-type or hexagonal Th₂Ni₁₇-type structures were prepared by arc-melting. Their formation, structure and magnetic properties were studied. The substitution of Ga in the R₂Fe₁₇C₂ results in the increase of unit cell volume and the decrease of saturation magnetization. Curie temperatures have a small change when x ≤ 2, then decreases with x The Sm₂Fe_17−xGa_xC₂ compounds with x = 2 and 3 are found to have a uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy and show a room-temperature anisotropy field of 95 and 93 kOe, respectively. Spin reorientation transitions are observed in the Er₂Fe_17−xGa_xC₂ and Tm₂Fe_17−xGa_xC₂ compounds. The substitution of Ga for some Fe in the R₂Fe₁₇C₂ compounds with R = Er and Tm increases the uniaxial anisotropy of the R sublattices, resulting in the increase of spin reorientation temperature.     

Pressure dependence of the ordering temperature of the quasi two-dimensional ferromagnet (CH3NH3)2CuCℓ4

From magnetic susceptibility measurements we have determined the ordering temperature T_C of ferromagnetic (CH₃NH₃)₂CuC?₄ as a function of hydrostatic pressure up to P ～ 11 kbar. The increase of T_C, ～ 30% for ～ 11 kbar, is roughly quadratic with P. The data are discussed in terms of the P-dependence of the effective interlayer exchange field H_É.     

Effect of interstitial atoms on the effective exchange fields in ferrimagnetic rare-earth and 3d transition metal compounds R2Fe17 and RFe11Ti

The magnetic properties (magnetic ordering temperature, magnetization) of the ferrimagnetic compounds R ₂Fe₁₇ and RFe₁₁Ti, as well as of their hydrides and nitrides, were studied. The hydrogenation-and nitrogenation-induced variation of the exchange fields acting on the rare-earth (RE) ions from both the Fe sublattice and other RE ions was determined, and the dependence of the Curie temperatures of the starting compounds, their hydrides, and nitrides on the de Gennes factor was revealed. It was found that incorporation of light atoms (H, N) into the crystal lattices of RFe₁₁Ti and R ₂Fe₁₇ increases the Curie temperature T _C substantially, increases the Fe-Fe exchange coupling, and decreases the R-R exchange interactions, as well as increases the R-Fe intersublattice exchange under hydrogenation and decreases it under nitrogenation, an effect that can be understood as resulting from the attendant changes in the electronic structure of these compounds and in the indirect exchange interactions. __________ Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 45, No. 10, 2003, pp. 1850–1856. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2003 by Nikitin, Tereshina.     

Magnetic quantum oscillations in the organic superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br

The interlayer magnetoresistance of the organic superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)₂Cu[N(CN)₂)Br is measured at ambient pressure and under pressures of up to 12.5 kbar. In addition to the slow Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations with a frequency of ≃150 T observed at P⩾5 kbar, rapid oscillations attributed to the magnetic breakdown orbit enveloping an area equal to 100% of the area of the Brillouin zone are found to emerge above B=20 T. The latter oscillations are observed at ambient pressure as well as under pressures of up to 9 kbar. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 66, No. 3, 190–194 (10 August 1997) Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.     

Calibration of the R ruby fluorescence lines in the pressure range [0-1 GPa] and the temperature range [250-300 K]

Abstract

The pressure range [&1 GPa] and the temperature range [250–300 K] are commonly used in many science fields like biology, agro-chemistry, pharmacology, or geology. In this paper, the calibration of the ruby R lines of fluorescence is performed in these pressure and temperature ranges, using the melting curve of pure water. The linear shifts of ruby peaks are equal to ?0.140cm^?1/K and ?0.768cm^?1/kbar with R₁, and to ?0.137cm^?1/K and ?0.779 cm^?1/kbar with R₂. The accuracy of pressure measurements can be as good as ± 10MPa if the temperature is known with ±0.5 K. Such a precision is achieved if: (1) the position of each peak is determined using an inversion method; (2) daily shifts of the spectrometer are corrected before each acquisition; (3) peak positions of each ruby are known at ambient pressure and temperature.     

Atypical magnetic phase diagrams of Ce2Fe17 − x Mnx alloys and their hydrides

Ce₂Fe_{17 ? x} Mn_x compounds and their hydrides (rhombohedral structure of the Th₂Zn₁₇ type) have been investigated for the first time by magnetic measurements and neutron diffraction at normal atmospheric and hydrostatic pressures up to 1 GPa. It has been established that magnetic phase transitions of the ferromagnet-antiferromagnet and antiferromagnet-ferromagnet types are realized in this system with a change in the composition or under pressure.     

R2Fe17C化合物的结构与内禀磁性的研究

本文系统研究了R₂Fe₁₇C(R=Y.Sm,Gd,Tb.Dy,Er)化合物的结构与内禀磁性,并与相应的R₂Fe₁₇化合物进行了比较。R₂Fe₁₇C的居里温度比相应R₂Fe₁₇的居里温度增加大约200K。本文讨论了C原子对该化合物结构与磁性的影响,同时,还对Sm₂(Fe_1-xCo_{x 关键词：}     

Direct measurement of magnetization isotherms of Fe64Ni36 Invar alloy in a diamond anvil cell

Magnetization isotherms of the Fe₆₄Ni₃₆ Invar alloy have been measured under pressure up to 5.3?GPa in magnetic field up to 5?T using a diamond anvil cell and SQUID magnetometer. The unambiguous change of the pressure parameter dlnM_S/dP (from ?9 to ?13×10^?2?GPa^?1) has been observed in a narrow pressure interval from 2.5 to 3.5?GPa at all temperatures in the range from 5 to 300?K. The pressure interval, where the sharp decrease in magnetization was observed, coincides with the critical pressures of the pressure-induced decrease in Fe-moment that were determined by the X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism and the X-ray Emission Spectra studies, recently. The pronounced decrease in the Curie temperature of the Fe₆₄Ni₃₆ alloy under pressure, dT_C/dP = ?44 ±2?K/GPa, has been confirmed.     

Exchange Interactions and Transition Metal Moments in Rare-Earth Compounds

Band structure calculations have been performed on heavy rare-earths R₂Fe₁₇ compounds. The iron moments are strongly dependent on the site location and little influenced by the rare-earth partner. The Curie temperatures follow a linear trend as function of R5d band polarizations. The magneto-volume effects are well described in models where the iron moments have a rather great degree of localization. The magnetic properties of GdFe₂, at high pressures, were theoretically analysed. Both magnetic and structure transitions have been suggested, as the pressure increases.     

Volume properties and compressibility of the graphite-potassium-mercury compounds

Abstract

The volume properties of graphite intercalation compounds (GIGS) C4KHg and of the initial intermetallic compounds KHg and KHg₂ have been investigated in the piston-cylinder apparatus, using the direct volumetric technique, under pressures up to 25 kbar. The compounds, average compressibility K₊, was determined to be 3.8×10^?3 kbar^?1 for C₄KHg, 3.0×10^?3 kbar-^?1 for C₈KHg, 4.8×10^?1 kbar^?1 for KHg, and 4.0 ×10^?1 kbar^?1 for KHg₂ at pressures of 0-20 kbar. The compressibility of the “two-dimensional” KHg layer in the GIC under various pressure conditions has been estimated. These estimates permit comparison of KHg properties in the “three dimensional” and “quasi-two dimensional” states. It was concluded that the influence of the graphite matrix on the intercalant is insignificant for this type ternary GIC.     

Hydrostatic pressure study of the structural phase transitions and superconductivity in single crystals of (Ba1−xKx)Fe2As2 (x=0 and 0.45) and CaFe2As2

We studied the effect of hydrostatic pressure (P) on the structural phase transitions and superconductivity in the ternary and pseudo-ternary iron arsenides CaFe₂As₂, BaFe₂As₂, and (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂, by means of measurements of electrical resistivity (ρ) in the 1.8-300 K temperature (T) range, pressures up to 20 kbar, and magnetic fields up to 9 T. CaFe₂As₂ and BaFe₂As₂ (lightly doped with Sn) display structural phase transitions near 170 and 85 K, respectively, and do not exhibit superconductivity in ambient pressure, while K-doped (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂ is superconducting for T<30 K. The effect of pressure on BaFe₂As₂ is to shift the onset of the crystallographic transformation down in temperature at the rate of ~−1.04 K/kbar, while shifting the whole ρ(T) curves downward, whereas its effect on superconducting (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂ is to shift the onset of superconductivity to lower temperatures at the rate of ~−0.21 K/kbar. The effect of pressure on CaFe₂As₂ is first to suppress the crystallographic transformation and induce superconductivity with onset near 12 K very rapidly, i.e., for P<5 kbar. However, higher pressures bring about another phase transformation characterized by reduced-resistivity, and the suppression of superconductivity, confining superconductivity to a narrow pressure dome centered near 5 kbar. Upper critical field (H_c2) data in (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂ and CaFe₂As₂ are discussed.