Effect of structural distortions on the magnetism of doped spin-Peierls CuGeO3

The chemical selectivity and great sensitivity of the Extended X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy technique allowed the determination, in the paramagnetic phase, of the structural distortions induced by doping in the spin-Peierls CuGeO₃ compound. The distorted environments were analyzed as a function of concentration, magnetic nature of impurity and the substitution site (Ni, Mn and Zn impurities on the Cu site, Si impurity on the Ge site). This has led to estimate the variation of the angles and pair distances, and hence to evaluate the magnetic coupling along the Cu chains in the vicinity of the impurities. The antiferromagnetic interaction between Cu first neighbors in the pure sample is found to be weakened around Ni, almost cancelled in the case of Mn doping, and even to change sign, producing a ferromagnetic coupling for Si doping. More generally, the structural distortions on a local scale are shown to be key parameters for the understanding of the magnetic properties of doped spin-Peierls compounds.     

Effect of high pressure on the superconducting transition temperature of Pd-H

Under hydrostatic pressure a negativedT _c /dp comparable to that of non-transition superconductors has been found for Pd-H. A simple model is discussed, which is able to explain the isotope-effect in Pd-H(D), and which is in agreement with the observed pressure effect.     

Effect of pressure on the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of InSb

The dependence of the thermal conductivity of indium antimonide on temperature (in the range 300–450 K) and hydrostatic pressure (up to 0.4 GPa) has been investigated. It is shown that the phonon thermal conductivity λ_ph obeys the law T ^?n (n ≥ 1). Hydrostatic pressure affects the magnitude and temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of InSb: with an increase in pressure, the thermal conductivity increases, while the parameter n in the dependence λ_ph ≈ T ^?n decreases.     

Effect of pressure on the Kondo temperature of Cu(Fe)

The electrical resistivity of Cu with Fe impurities has been measured from 1.4 K–40 K under pressures to 82 kbar. When plotted versus the reduced temperature T/T_K, the data at all pressures overlap, confirming the existence of a universal resistivity curve.     

Effect of pressure on the Curie temperature of annealed Fe-Ni-Cr-Mo-Si-B amorphous alloys

Effect of high pressure on the Curie temperature of annealed Fe₃₀Ni3₆Cr₁₂Mo₂Si₅B₁₅ amorphous alloys has been investigated. It has been shown that the annealed samples e hibit a smaller pressure dependence ofT _c than as-quenched one.Dedicated to Dr. S. Krupika on the occasion of his 65th birthday.We would like to thank Dr. P. Duhaj (Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava) for the preparation of amorphous samples and Mrs. H. Kuchárska for technical assistance.     

Magnetic field influence on the low temperature heat capacity of the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO3

We have investigated the effect of magnetic field on the low-temperature heat capacity C_p of the undoped spin-Peierls inorganic compound CuGeO₃ in the dimerized phase. Below 1 K, C_p is dominated by a Schottky anomaly, which is removed above 1 K for field B higher than 3 T. This anomaly is well accounted for by a molar concentration x=0.75×10⁻³ of intrinsic defects, which occur predominantly on the Cu chains. This amount is confirmed by magnetization measurements. A second contribution, varying as T^−ν with ν=1 or 2, rises up with the field for B>1 T in the lower temperature range (from 70 mK to 0.3 K). At high field this contribution becomes very sensitive to the experimental dynamics.     

Effect of pressure and temperature on the thermal conductivity of siltstone and dolomite

The effective thermal conductivity of rocks (siltstone and dolomite) at high pressures of up to 250 MPa and temperatures of 275–523 K is investigated. It is established that the degree of crystallization of rock-forming substances affects the temperature dependence of thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity of amorphous and crystalline components in the structure of rock is calculated.     

Cu-isotope effect on the spin-Peierls transition of CuGeO3

The Cu-isotope effect on the spin-Peierls transition temperature T _SP in samples of the Cu²⁺ linear-chain compound CuGeO₃ has been determined by dc-magneticsusceptibility and specific-heat measurements. A downshift of the spin-Peierls transition by about 0.1 K for the ⁶⁵Cu-isotope enriched ⁶⁵CuGeO₃ as compared to ^natCuGeO₃ containing the natural mixture of isotopes is found consistently in the magnetization and specific heat. This result suggests different isotope effects on the phonon characteristic frequency θ₀ on the one hand and on the spin-phonon coupling constant g on the other hand. However, the isotope effect on T _SP is smaller than estimated if all atoms were to contribute to ω₀ and only the Cu atoms to g.     

Effect of pressure on the Néel temperature and the lattice parameter of MnTe

The Néel temperature of MnTe has been measured at high pressures up to 70 kbar and found to increase with pressure. The rate of increase changes discontinuously near 40 kbar. The lattice parameters were measured by X-ray diffraction techniques, and also change anomalously near 40 kbar. From these results, it appears that some kind of magnetic phase transition occurs at this point. A magnetic phase diagram is proposed.     

Effect of pressure on transition temperature of Rb3C60 fullerides

Electronic structure parameters play a significant role in fullerides leading to a superconducting state. Relevant electronic parameter as renormalized Coulomb repulsive parameter μ* and the attractive electron-phonon coupling strength λ are obtained within the dielectric function formalism for random phase approximation. As a first step, the superconducting transition temperature is deduced within the framework of McMillan approximation and strong coupling results using the widely spread phonon spectrum. In view of the importance of Coulomb screening for doped fullerides, the influence of pressure and volume on T _c are estimated to be within the range of experimental values. The isotope and dopant effects are also discussed. It is noticed that the high-T _c , the huge pressure effect, negative pressure derivative of T _c and positive volume derivative of T _c in alkali intercalated fullerides are dictated by the properties of Coulomb and on-ball-C₆₀ high energy intramolecular modes.     

Magnetostriction of the spin-Peierls magnet CuGeO3

The temperature dependence of the longitudinal magnetostriction of a CuGeO₃ single crystal is measured within the temperature range 4.2–20 K in a magnetic field of 10 T. As the temperature is raised above 4.2 K, the magnetostriction at first increases from vanishingly small values, attains a maximum at a temperature of approximately 12 K, and then abruptly drops as the temperature approaches the spin-Peierls transition. The results are interpreted on the basis of a simple model utilizing the real pattern of magnetic excitations in the spin system. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 1671–1673 (September 1998)     

Nuclear relaxation studies of the spin-Peierls transition

Nuclear relaxation studies of the spin-Peierls transition in TTF-BDT are presented. At low temperature, but above T_c, the results agree in magnitude, frequency dependence and temperature dependence with calculations based on the pseudofermion treatment of the $\text{S =}\text{1}\text{2}$, 1-D Heisenberg antiferromagnet. The sharp decrease in the rate below T_c reflects the continuous opening of a magnetic energy gap at the spin-Peierls transition.     

Magnetostriction of the spin-Peierls cuprate CuGeO3

The isothermal, longitudinal magnetostriction of the spin-Peierls cuprate CuGeO₃ has been measured along the three orthorhombic directions up to 14 Tesla by means of a high resolution capacitance dilatometer. For all three axes we observe anomalies at both the dimerized/incommensurate (D/I) and the dimerized/uniform (D/U) transition whose sizes and signs differ. A precise H-T phase diagram is determined from the field and temperature dependence of the lattice constants, which roughly agrees with theoretical predictions. At the D/I transition the magnetostriction shows a jumplike behavior and a hysteresis indicating a first order transition. From the jumps of the magnetostriction at the D/I transition we estimate considerable, uniaxial stress dependences of the critical magnetic field H _c, which correlate with those of the spin-Peierls transition temperature. A finite magnetostriction is also resolved within the high temperature uniform phase of CuGeO₃ for all three lattice directions. These data show a pronounced, strongly anisotropic spin-lattice coupling in CuGeO₃ and allow to derive the uniaxial pressure dependences of the magnetic susceptibility. Based on our findings the relevance of different structural parameters for the magnetic exchange interaction is discussed.     

Magnetostriction of the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO3

The longitudinal and transverse magnetostriction λ of the spin-Peierls compound CuGeO₃ in the b-c plane is measured in magnetic fields up to 20 T both above and below the transition temperature T _sp=14.3K. It is found that for a given crystallographic direction the value of magnetostriction is weakly dependent on the magnetic field direction. In the uniform U phase at T⩾T _sp, λ is negative and approximately equal in the b and c directions, while in the dimerized D phase at T<T _sp, λ is positive and λ _b >λ _c . At low temperatures, λ increases sharply at the magnetic-field-induced transition from the dimerized to the magnetic M phase. The experimental data allow estimation of the stress derivatives of the antiferromagnetic intrachain exchange interaction parameter and of the stress dependence of the critical field of the D-Mphase transition. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 64, No. 3, 156–159 (10 August 1996) Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.     

Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the Neel temperature and the electrical residual resistivity of α-manganese

The electrical resistivity of α-Mn was measured from 4.2 K to 290 K at pressures up to 8 kbar. The residual resistivity was found not to depend on pressure. The Néel temperature decreases linearly with pressure at a slope dT_N/dP = − 1.7 ± 0.2 K/kbar.     

自旋-Peierls化合物GeCuO3电子结构的第一性原理研究

采用平面波赝势方法对自旋-Peierls化合物GecuO3的电子结构进行了第一性原理研究.计算结果表明:Cu2 的3d轨道自由度被冻结,未配对电子填充dx2-y2轨道.自旋向上和向下的x2-y2轨道间的交换劈裂导致了体系的绝缘性.费米能级附近的Cu 3d态与0(2)2p态存在很强的杂化作用,GeCuO3属于共价绝缘体.这种强共价性使得Cu2 的自旋磁矩偏离理想值,并且使得体系在Cu-O(2)-Cu键角接近90°情况下形成稳定的一维反铁磁(AFM)有序.计算得到GeCuO3不同自旋态的总能量,采用Noodleman的对称性破缺方法拟合出的自旋交换耦合常数表明GeCuO3沿c轴的一维AFM作用非常强,这是导致该体系在低温发生自旋一Peierls相变的根本原因.     

Peierls transition in the quantum spin-Peierls model

We use the density matrix renormalization group method to investigate the role of longitudinal quantized phonons on the Peierls transition in the spin-Peierls model. For both the XY and Heisenberg spin-Peierls model we show that the staggered phonon order parameter scales as sqrt[lambda] (and the dimerized bond order scales as lambda) as lambda-->0 (where lambda is the electron-phonon interaction). This result is true for both linear and cyclic chains. Thus, we conclude that the Peierls transition occurs at lambda=0 in these models. Moreover, for the XY spin-Peierls model we show that the quantum predictions for the bond order follow the classical prediction as a function of inverse chain size for small lambda. We therefore conclude that the zero lambda phase transition is of the mean-field type.