Distinction of spin-glass freezing from superparamagnetic blocking

Experimental results on Eu_xSr_1?xS provide clear evidence for a cooperative phenomenon at the spin-glass transition, as distinguished from ordinary thermal blocking of superparamagnetic clusters. Only below the percolation threshold x_p = 0.13 can single-clusters aspects be separated clearly (superparamagnetic regime). In the spin-glass regime for x >x_p, susceptibility and remanent magnetization are studied near the freezing temperature in dependence on temperature, magnetic field and observation time. The anomalous slow relaxations of the remanent magnetization, which follow a power-law, exhibit a strong variation just near T_f0, the transition temperature deduced from static magnetization measurements. In addition, T_f values derived from ac-_χ measurements are distinctly frequency dependent; the frequency variation decreases towards low frequencies and seems to saturate near the T_f0 value. The strong sensitivity of _χ(T_f) to even small applied fields can be represented by a universal function independent of concentration. All these results emphasize the importance of the interactions among the spin clusters of spin glasses which are partially frustrated.     

Spin-cluster effects and frustration in the uniaxial spin glass Fe2−xTi1+xO5

Transverse-field (TF) muon-spin-relaxation (μSR) and Mössbauer experiments on the uniaxial insulating spin glass Fe_2?xTi_1+xO₅ (x=0.25) have been performed near and below the spin-glass temperature (T _g). The effect of a transverse field on the spin-freezing process and spin-glass state has been investigated by measuring the field-and temperature-dependencies of the μSR parameters. Spin-cluster effects signaled by anomalous μ-spin relaxation have been observed in a temperature region just aboveT _g. An interpretation supported by recently developed theoretical models addressing non-linear relaxation in an intermediate Griffiths phase is offered.     

Low-field magnetic properties of LaMnO3+δ with 0.065≤δ≤0.154

In a weak magnetic field LaMnO_3+δ exhibits at δ=0.065 below the paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic (FM) Curie temperature, T_C, a mixed (spin-glass and FM) phase followed by a frustrated FM phase at δ between 0.100 and 0.154. The same behavior is observed in La_1−xCa_xMnO₃ with x between 0 and 0.3. This can be understood by the similar variation of the Mn⁴⁺ concentration, c between ≈0.13 and 0.34, in both materials when x or δ is increased. On the other hand, considerable differences are found between these compounds in the values of the magnetic irreversibility, in the dependencies of T_C(c) and the magnetic susceptibility, χ(c), as well as in the critical behavior of χ(T) near T_C. These differences can be explained by distortions of the cubic perovskite structure, by the reduced lattice disorder and by the more homogeneous hole distribution in LaMnO_3+δ than in La_1−xCa_xMnO₃.     

Mössbauer experiment on reentrant spin-glass Cr-Fe alloys

Mössbauer absorption spectra habe been obtained as a function of temperature for Cr_1?xFe_x alloys with x=0.15, 0.18, 0.20, 0.22, 0.25 and 0.30. For the specimens near the critical composition of ferro-antiferromagnetic transition (about 18 at % Fe), abrupt increase of the average hyperfine field was found at the temperature T_f which is far below the ferromagnetic Curie temperature. The observed hyperfine field distribution P(H) consists of two peaks centered around zero and finite hyperfine field (low field peak and high field peak), indicating the coexistence of paramagnetic-like and ferromagnetic moments. Below T_f, the intensity fraction and the maximum position of the high field peak curve increase more rapidly than in the ferromagnetic temperature range, while its halfwidth decreases suddenly. These facts are interpreted as due to the freezing of spins by reentering into the spin-glass phase.     

Spin-glass-like phase behaviour in CeNi2−xCuxSn2

We report the results of our investigation in CeNi_2−xCu_xSn₂ (x=0, 0.4, 1.0, 1.6 and 2.0), a new pseudoternary series with CaBe₂Ge₂-type tetragonal structure. Substitution of Cu for Ni leads to a linear increase in the constants a, c and the unit cell volume v. As probed by the low temperature dependence of ac susceptibility χ_ac(T), the T_f temperature, which corresponds to the freezing temperature of the spin-glass clusters, is annihilated above 2.0 K significantly for the samples with x≥1.6. This observation proves conclusively that the Ni-rich samples in the series CeNi_2−xCu_xSn₂ have the advantage of forming the spin-glass-like state.     

Spin-glass phase in the ensemble of amphoteric impurities in a semiconductor

The transition to the spin-glass phase at T = 0 has been found for a two-dimensional ensemble of amphoteric impurities with charge transfer. The characteristics of the charge clustering found in specimens at low temperatures have been investigated. The finite size scaling with the critical exponents v = 0.95 ± 0.05, η = 0.75 ± 0.05 has been found for the spin-glass susceptibility _χSG(L,T) and Binder parameter g(L,T).     

The magnetic and superconducting phase diagram of Gd-doped lanthanumsulfides

The system La_3-x( )_xS₄ [where ( ) denotes a vacancy] containing up to 25 at.% Gd is shown to be a model system in which magnetic interactions in metals can be studied. By measuring the temperature dependence of the low field a.c. susceptibility, the superconducting, spin-glass and ferromagnetic transitions can be determined as a function of the Gd concentration. The depression of the superconducting transition temperature mainly follows the theory of Abrikosov and Gor'kov, with a possibility for coexistence of superconductivity and spin-glass magnetic order near a critical concentration of 3 at.% Gd. The transition from spin-glass to ferromagnet is well-defined with the percolation limit for the long range ferromagnetic order at 14 at.% Gd.     

Vacancy-induced spin-glass behavior of Prussian blue analogue Fe1.1Crx[Cr (CN)6]0.6−x·nH2O nanowires

Prussian blue analogue Fe^II_1.1Cr^II_x[Cr^III(CN)₆]_0.6−x·nH₂O nanowires were synthesized by electrodeposition. The magnetic properties investigation indicates that the nanowires exhibit cluster spin-glass behavior, which undergoes a magnetic transition to a frozen state below about 62 K. Spin disorder arising from reduced coordination and broken exchange bonds between spin centers due to the structural defects may be the reason that causes the spin-glass freezing behavior. The negative magnetization observed at temperature lower than the compensation temperature (T_comp∼43 K) at a field of 10 Oe may be due to the different temperature dependences of the ferromagnetic site Fe-Cr and antiferromagnetic site Cr-Cr.     

Thermal destruction of antiferromagnetic Fe-Fe exchange bonds and mechanism of the transition to the spin-glass state in (Fe0.65Ni0.35)1−x Mnx systems with antiferromagnetic competing exchange interactions

The thermal evolution of the competition between the ferro-and antiferromagnetic exchange interactions in (Fe_0.65Ni_0.35)_1?x Mn_x alloys, which display different magnetic properties, depending on composition and temperature, is investigated. The distribution functions of the magnetic hyperfine fields P(B _hf) for ⁵⁷Fe are determined by Mössbauer spectroscopy in the temperature range 5–300 K for the alloys with x=0, 0.024, 0.082, 0.136, 0.195, and 0.252. The temperature dependence of the integrated intensity I _s (T) is analyzed for the low-and high-field portions of P(B _hf). The features found in the behavior of I _s (T) are interpreted as results of variation of the ratio between the competing exchange interactions of different signs as a result of the thermal destruction of antiferromagnetic Fe-Fe exchange bonds. It is shown that the changes in the spin structure in the low-temperature range are due to the thermal destruction of Fe-Fe exchange bonds. One of the consequences of this destruction is “reentrance” (an increase in the hyperfine field with increasing temperature for some of the Fe atoms). The relationship between the thermal destruction of Fe-Fe exchange bonds and the magnetic transitions of the Fe-Ni-Mn system to the spin-glass state is considered.     

Dynamical behavior of spin-glass Cd1-xMnxTe from low field faraday rotation measurements

The low field Faraday rotation effect has been used to the investigation of the dynamic magnetic properties of the spin-glass Cd_1-xMn_xTe. The temperature and time dependence of the Faraday angle was investigated at T<T_c. It was shown that the thermal and magnetic history of the sample above T_c has the essential influence on the behavior below the critical temperature.     

Ferromagnetic resonance in the randomly mixed insulating ferromagnet and antiferromagnet Rb2Mn(1-x)CrxCl4

An electron spin resonance experiment has been performed on the Cr-rich concentrations of the random mixture Rb₂Mn(_1-x)Cr_xCl₄ of an insulating ferromagnet (Rb₂CrCl₄) and an insulating antiferromagnet (Rb₂MnCl₄). The resonance fields in x = 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8 samples begin to shift towards low field side at temperatures well above the Curie temperatures, when the external field is applied in the c-plane of the crystal. The shift of the resonance field with temperature of the x = 0.7 sample agreed well with that of the x = 0.8 sample, after scaling the temperature axis, while the shift in the x = 0.6 crystal did not. From this observation, we argue that the x = 0.7 and x = 0.8 samples have a long-range ordered ferromagnetic phase below T_c, and that the low temperature phase of the x = 0.6 sample is not a truely long-range ordered one. A weak resonance line was observed in the x = 0.8 sample below about 20 K. This resonance is discussed in connection with the re-entrant spin-glass behavior of this mixed system found in the ac susceptibility measurement.     

Studies on spin-glass freezing and antiferromagnetic long-range order in an Ising spin-glass system Fe x Mn1−x TiO3

A Mössbauer time window has been positively used for studying the behavior of spins in Fe _x Mn_1?x TiO₃ withx=0.50, 0.60 and 0.65 which are of typical Ising spin-glass systems. Spin dynamics aboveT _SG andT _N (RSG) (definition is given in the text) are discussed. In the RSG samples, the existence of contributions of the transverse spin component to the hyperfine fields is pointed out.     

Zn1-xMnxSe的低温磁化率和自旋玻璃现象

用超导量子干涉器(SQUID)磁强计对稀释磁性半导体Zn_1-xMn_xSe(0.1≤x≤0.50)的低温低场直流磁化率作了测量,测量温度从4.2K到30K,测量磁场为15Oe。当x≥0.30时,从磁化率-温度曲线的浑圆峰值,观察到了自旋玻璃的转变。自旋玻璃的转变温度T_f,对x=0.30,0.40,0.50,分别为10.5K,16K,19.5K。给出了顺磁相和自旋玻璃相的相图。比较了Zn_1-xMn_xSe和Cd_1-xMn_xSe的自旋玻璃转变温度,发现对同样的Mn离子浓度,Zn_1-xMn_xSe的T_f高于Cd_1-xMn_xSe的T_f,用交换作用的理论作了讨论。 关键词：     

Ferrimagnetic phase transition in the system Li0.5Fe2.52−x GaxO4 in the vicinity of the multicritical point of the x-T phase diagram

In connection with the problem of identifying magnetic states in the vicinity of x ₀ (the multicritical point of the x-T diagrams of spin-glass systems) a study has been made of properties that can be exploited to determine the presence of a thermodynamic phase transition at the Curie point T _C and the distinctive features of the transition, specifically, the temperature dependence of the magnetic part of the specific heat C _m(T), the temperature dependence of the low-field magnetization σ _H(T), and (with a view toward examining critical behavior in a magnetic field) the magnetization isotherms σ _H(T). The investigated object is the system of dilute ferrimagnetic spinels Li_0.5Fe_2.5−x Ga_xO₄, in which every type of magnetic state has spatially inhomogeneous cluster structures. The results obtained for a sample with x=1.45 indicate that the classical criteria of a ferrimagnetic second-order phase transition at T _C=(97±2) K occur for x∼x ₀. The results of similar investigations for a sample with x=1.6, which exists in the cluster spin-glass state for T<T _f=22 K and in an uncorrelated cluster state of the superparamagnetic type for T>T _f, are also given for comparison with the preceding case. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 2065–2077 (December 1998)     

Magnetic properties of the Gd<Subscript>2</Subscript>V<Subscript>0.67</Subscript>Mo<Subscript>1.33</Subscript>O<Subscript>7</Subscript> and Y<Subscript>2</Subscript>VMoO<Subscript>7</Subscript> pyrochlore compounds

It is demonstrated that 50% substitution of vanadium for molybdenum in the pyrochlore lattice of the complex oxide Y₂(V _x Mo_{1 ? x} )₂O₇ results in a transition from the spin-glass ground state (at x = 0) to the ferromagnetic state in Y₂VMoO₇ (a = 10.1645(2) Å, T _C = 55 K). The Gd₂V_0.67Mo_1.33O₇ compound (a = 10.2862(3) Å) is a ferromagnet with T _C (84 K) exceeding that of undoped Gd₂MnO₂O₇.     

Superconducting and magnetic properties of La3−x In Cex

Measurements of the critical temperature, T_c(x), the critical field, H_c2(x,T) and the susceptibility, χ (T), as a function de la concentration, x, in the system La₃₋x Ce_xIn, are compared with the theories of Muller-Hartmann and Zittsrtz, and Abrikosov and Gor'kov. The H_c2(x, T = 0) and χ(T) measurements indicate the appearance of short range antiferromagnetic order around x = 0.04 which is probably responsible for the anomalous behavior of T_c(x).     

Magnetic properties of compounds in the system CaBaCo4−x−yZnxAlyO7 (x=0,1,2, y=0,1)

The magnetic properties of four compounds in the series CaBaCo_4−x−yZn_xAl_yO₇ (x=0,1,2, y=0,1) were investigated. Using AC-susceptibility and DC-magnetometry, magnetic transitions (T_fs) were found for all four compositions in the range 50-3 K. The data from the AC measurements proved to be frequency dependent: T_f increases with higher frequencies. An energy-loss in the magnetic coupling, indicated as contributions in the imaginary part of the magnetic susceptibility (χ″), was seen for every compound and its maximum appeared just below the maximum χ′. Modelling the data with Arrhenius-, Vogel-Fulcher-, and the power-law made it possible to relate the four compounds to spin-glass materials. The Casimir-du Pré relation was used to extract average relaxation times at T_f. The DC magnetisations clearly show differences between field-cooled and zero-field-cooled measurements. None of the compounds exhibit any metamagnetic properties up to 8 T. A new method is presented to calculate the saturation fields using DC data. Relaxation measurements on three compounds indicate that the systems relax very fast, in contrast to spin-glasses. Aging does not affect the fast relaxations. The compounds are interpreted as disordered anti-ferromagnets with spin-glass features.     

Magnetic properties for the Cu2MnSnSe4 and Cu2FeSnSe4 compounds

Magnetic susceptibility χ measurements in the range from 2 to 300 K were carried out on samples of the Cu₂FeSnSe₄ and Cu₂MnSnSe₄ compounds. It was found that Cu₂FeSnSe₄ was antiferromagnetic showing ideal Curie-Weiss behavior with a Néel temperature T_N of about 19 K and Curie-Weiss temperature θ=−200 K, while for Cu₂MnSnSe₄ the behavior was spin-glass with a freezing temperature T_f of about 22 K and Curie-Weiss temperature θ=−25 K. The spin-glass order parameter q(T), determined from the susceptibility data, was found to be in agreement with the prediction of conventional spin-glass theory.     

Existence of both spin-glass and mictomagnetic behaviour in the amorphous Fe10Ni70P14B6 alloy

Results of the accurate magnetization measurements performed on the amorphous Fe₁₀Ni₇₀P₁₄B₆ alloy in the temperature range 20–77 K in fields upto 1 kOe are reported. The complex magnetic behaviour exhibited by this alloy has been analyzed to show that a ferromagnetic ordering, occuring on a localized microscopic scale at a temperature T₀ very close to that given by the earlier Hall effect measurements, is accompanied by a superparamagnetic behaviour which below T₀ causes at first a spin-glass freezing of the magnetic spins when they interact with one another on a long range scale and then a mictomagnetic freezing of the giant superparamagnetic clusters at a lower temperature as a result of exchange interaction between their moments and the frozen spin-glass matrix. In addition, the present results, besides providing a clear physical insight into the widely different ordering temperatures obtained for this alloy from previous Mössbauer and resistivity measurements, on one hand and from our magnetization measurements on the other, strongly suggest a magnetic origin for the observed resistivity-minimum phenomenon. In conclusion, the present alloy represents a composition in the amorphous (Fe_xNi_1?x)₈₀P₁₄B₆ system well below the percolation limit.     

Novel magnetic behaviour of the system ZnxCa1−xFe2O4

New magnetic system Zn_xCa_1−xFe₂O₄ (x = 0.4 to 0.6) is reported having extremely unusual properties like small ordered moments ≈ 0.13 ∼ 0.23 μ_B, large ordering temperatures T_c ≈ 700–750 K and surprising lack of hyperfine field (HF) at Fe for temperatures greater than T¹(≈ 0.25 T_c) in spite of bulk magnetization in the system. The HF appears below T¹ implying evolution of local moments far below T_c. Sharp susceptibility maxima resembling those of spin-glasses are observed for x = 0.4 and 0.5, which may be attributed to the single domain-superparamagnetic (SD-SP) transition and the overall behaviour shows a cluster spin-glass type of ordering.