Spin relaxation in the amorphous spin glass Al2Mn3Si3O12

Neutron scattering measurements on the amorphous spin glass Al₂Mn₃Si₃O₁₂ have been made using the time-of-flight method. The scattering lawS(Q, ) reveals a quasielastic line with temperature andQ-dependent linewidth and an elastic line with constant intensity between 15 and 294K. The linewidth of the quasielastic scattering diminishes with decreasing temperature following an Arrhenius law at least down to 15K. Deviations from this exponential form are strictly correlated with an increase of the elastic intensity below 15K. We favour the opinion that this effect is caused by the instrumental resolution rather than by the onset of spin glass freezing.     

Magnetic relaxation in UCu4 + xAl8 - x

A quasielastic neutron scattering study has been performed on UCu_4+xAl_8-x, a system which reveals an alloying-induced transition from magnetic order to heavy-fermion behavior. The magnetic response can be described by a broad quasielastic Lorentzian for all concentrations. No crystal field excitations could be detected. Remarkably, the linewidth decreases with increasing hybridization strength and seems to be no measure of the Kondo lattice temperature T*. In addition, electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments were performed which revealed that, even in the heavy-fermion regime, spin fluctuations play an important role. Both experimental findings are in distinct contrast to cerium-based heavy fermion systems.     

μSR studies of magnetic properties of CeRhSb and La0.1Ce0.9RhSb

Zero, longitudinal, and transverse field μSR data are reported for CeRhSband La_0.1Ce_0.9RhSbdown to 45 mK. The muon spin relaxation at temperatures above a few Kelvin is caused by nuclear dipoles. Only at lower temperatures the additional depolarizing effect of electronic moments is observable, signalizing the onset of magnetic correlations in the 4f moment system. These findings are compared to the corresponding data on CeNiSn, showing that the ground state properties are basically alike in the two materials, that is, magnetic correlations develop, but remain weakly dynamic and long range antiferromagnetic order does not set in. The results for La_0.1Ce_0.9RhSbdiffer little from those of pure CeRhSb, indicating that the magnetic ground state properties as seen by μSR have not been altered significantly. The muonic Knight shift in CeRhSb exhibits similar features as the bulk susceptibility in the temperature range between 20 and 2 K. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Critical relaxation of short range correlations in the mixed crystal Rb1-x (ND4)x D2PO4

We have used thermal neutron scattering to investigate the possible dynamical origin of the short range correlations being typical for the glass phase of the mixed crystals Rb_1–x(ND₄)_xD₂PO₄. A quasielastic spectrum has been found for these correlations on top of a very broad spectrum associated with local correlations. The temperature dependence of these spectra together with their elastic components has been determined with an energy resolution of 0.14 meV. A common freezing temperature of about 100 K is observed below which the spatial correlations stop to increase and the scattering becomes elastic within the instrumental time scale.Dedicated to K. Dransfeld on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Ferromagnetic correlations in both the α and γ-phases of paramagnetic iron

Paramagnetic scattering experiments using polarised neutrons and polarisation analysis in the paramagnetic phase of iron are reported. The measurements have been performed at 1120 K in the α-bcc phase and 1320 K in the γ-fcc phase. Iron moments to respectively 1.3 (0.1)μ_B and 0.9 (0.1)μ_B have been shown to persist at these temperatures. In both phases, ferromagnetic correlations are present and are especially strong in the α-phase. The ferromagnetic correlations also determine the magnetic character of iron in the γ-phase, contrary to previous suggestions of antiferromagnetic behaviour postulated in the literature on the basis of indirect experimental arguments.     

新型超导体MgB2和MgCNi3热、电输运性质研究

报道了两种新型超导体MgB₂,MgCNi₃和氧化物高温超导体Bi_{2< /sub>Sr2Ca0.9Ce0.1Cu2O8+y 的热导率-温度关系和电阻率-温度关系.实验发现氧化物高温超导 体在进入超导态后热导有所上升，出现极大值后再下降，而MgB2和MgCNi3 则单调下降. 由Wiedemann-Fra 关键词： 热导率 超导体 2}')" href="#">MgB₂ 3')" href="#">MgCNi₃     

The difference of crystal fields in ErAl2 and La0.9Er0.1Al2

Inelastic neutron scattering experiments have been carried out on polycrystalline ErAl₂ and on the related pseudobinary compound La_0.9Er_0.1Al₂ in the paramagnetic phase. For ErAl₂ the parameters of the cubic crystal field could uniquely be determined as x=+0.16 and W=?0.030 meV. The results on the dilute sample are different from this and are thought to be due effective charges of Er and La being not equivalent.     

Spectral properties of Ce3+ doped yttrium lanthanum oxide transparent ceramics

Ce3+-doped yttrium lanthanum oxide (Y0.9La0.1)2O3 transparent ceramics is fabricated with nanopowders and sintered in H2 atmosphere. The spectral properties of Ce:(Y0.9La0.1)2O3 transparent ceramics are investigated. There appear two characteristic absorption peaks of Ce3+ ions at 230 nm and 400 nm, separately. It is found that Ce3+ ions can efficiently produce emission at 384 nm from (Y0.9La0.1)2O3 transparent ceramic host, while the emission is completely quenched in Re2O3 (Re=Y, Lu, La) host materials.     

Luminescence characteristics and optimization of (La,Gd)Sr2(Al,B)O5:Ce phosphor for white light emitting diodes

Luminescence properties of (La,Gd)Sr₂(Al,B)O₅:Ce phosphors were investigated by changing the content of Gd and B substituent. The Gd or B substitution was confirmed to improve the emission intensity. The emission peak of LaSr₂AlO₅:Ce was shifted to the longer wavelength due to the enlargement of crystal-field splitting for Ce³⁺ activators as the result of the unit-cell volume reduction when the Gd and B atoms are substituted. In the B-substituted samples, in addition to the cell volume reduction, the change in the lattice covalency due to the large electronegativity difference between B³⁺ and Al³⁺ has additionally contributed to shift the emission peak. The crystallite sizes of phosphors were enlarged using small amount of Gd and B atoms. Also, the absorption for the 4f→5d absorption of Ce³⁺ ions in UV/visible spectrum was greatly enhanced by the substitution of both Gd and B. Therefore, it was concluded that the enhancement of the emission intensity via the substitution is due to the increase in the crystallinity and the light-absorption ability. Finally, the optimized sample La_0.89Ce_0.01Gd_0.1Sr₂Al_0.9B_0.1O₅ had about 368% improved emission intensity compared with La_0.99Ce_0.01Sr₂AlO₅.     

Y3Al5O12∶Ce3+的余辉和热释光特性

高温固相法合成了Ce³⁺掺杂的Y₃Al₅O₁₂ (YAG)样品,研究了样品的结构、光致发光和热释发光性质. X射线衍射分析结果表明合成样品为YAG纯相,稀土离子的少量掺杂不改变基质YAG的结构. 荧光光谱测试表明在高温空气气氛下Y_2.95Al₅O₁₂ ∶Ce⁴⁺_0.05制备过程中存在Ce⁴⁺关键词： 长余辉 高温热释光 缺陷     

Optical properties and radiation response of Ce:SrHfO3 prepared by the Spark Plasma Sintering Method

SrHfO₃, Ce_0.02Sr_0.98HfO₃ (Ce:SHO) and Ce_0.02Al_0.02Sr_0.96HfO₃ (Ce/Al:SHO) ceramics were prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) in order to search for a new material with a high-effective atomic number. Here, SrHfO₃ has high melting point, and single crystal cannot be grown by micro pulling down method (which usually enables growth within less than 1 day) due to its high melting temperature. Since SPS can be used for preparation of the ceramics within roughly 10 h at temperatures lower than the melting point, we use the SPS method for material preparation. Ce:SHO had a low transparency of less than 0.1% below 540-nm, while Ce/Al:SHO had a wider transparent region including the emission wavelength region of Ce³⁺ (∼395 nm). Ce/Al:SHO ceramics had light output of ∼4000 photons/MeV, and decay time of 21.6 ± 0.9 ns.     

Antiferromagnetic correlations in the cubic heavy fermion compound CeInCu2

CeInCu₂ is a heavy fermion compound close to magnetic instability. The electrical resistivity has aT ² behaviour between 1 and 2.5 K. and the AC field susceptibility has a faint maximum at 0.9 K, indicating the onset of coherence near 1 K for this compound. The magnetoresistance keeps a negative sign down to 0.3 K. Neutron inelastic scattering give a crystal field splitting of 90 K, with a doublet ground state, and a residual quasielastic linewidth of 0.3 meV.We have studied the resistivity, susceptibility and specific heat of some dilute solutions La_1–xCe_xInCu₂ and Y_1–xCe_xInCu₂. The spin-dependent part of the resistivity may be decomposed into a single impurity term plus a pair interaction term, the magnitude of which folows a Curie-Weiss law, as in classical spin glassesCuMn orAuFe.The magnetisation and susceptibility at low temperatures may be represented within the resonant level model, taking into account antiferromagnetic interactions. Finally, the specific heat of CeInCu₂ shows a bump near 2.3 K, absent for dilute solutions, which may also be interpreted by introducing a magnetic interaction term.     

Jahn-Teller transition and electron-phonon interaction in Cr-doped manganites Sr0.9Ce0.1Mn1−yCryO3

Cr-doped manganites Sr_0.9Ce_0.1Mn_1−yCr_yO₃ (y=0, 0.05, and 0.10) have been systematically investigated by X-ray, magnetic, transport, and elastic properties measurements. For parent compound Sr_0.9Ce_0.1MnO₃, it undergoes a metal-insulator (M-I) transition at 318 K, which is suggested to originate from a first-order structural transition accompanied by Jahn-Teller (JT) transition. With increasing Cr doping content, the JT transition temperature decreases. The Cr doping suppresses the antiferromagnetic (AFM) state and makes the system spin-glass (SG) behavior at low temperatures. In the vicinity of JT transition temperatures, the softening of Young's modulus originating from the coupling of the orbital (quadrupolar) moment of the e_g orbital of Mn³⁺ ion to the elastic strain has been observed. The anomalous Young's modulus properties imply the electron-phonon coupling due to the JT effect may play an important role in the system.     

Influence of the form of structure factor on the mobility of nondegenerate two-dimensional electrons

The temperature dependences of the mobility of nondegenerate two-dimensional electrons in scattering by a correlated distribution of impurity ions in Al _x Ga_{1 ? x} As/GaAs heterostructures have been investigated. The cases where the influence of the first maximum of the structure factor on the scattering of electrons begins to dominate with increasing temperature have been considered. It has been found that the mobility of two-dimensional electrons decreases with increasing correlations in the spatial distribution of impurity ions. The influence exerted by the correlations and the width of the spacer layer on this effect has been analyzed.     

Enhanced hydrogen production by doping Pr into Ce0.9Hf0.1O2 for thermochemical two-step water-splitting cycle

We synthesized (Ce_0.9Hf_0.1)_1−xPr_xO_2−δ (x=0, 0.05 and 0.1) using the polymerized complex method. The synthesized samples, as well as the samples after thermochemical two-step water-splitting cycles have a fluorite structure and Pr exists in the solid solutions with both trivalent and tetravalent states, as suggested by powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Patterns. The reduction fraction of Ce⁴⁺ in redox cycles (oxidation step in air) and two-step water-splitting cycles (oxidation step in steam) indicates that the addition of Pr into Ce–Hf oxide solid solution cannot improve the reduction fraction of Ce⁴⁺ during the redox cycles but both the reduction fraction of Ce⁴⁺ and H₂ yield are significantly enhanced during two-step water-splitting cycles. The chemical composition of 10 mol% Pr doped Ce_0.9Hf_0.1O₂ exhibits the highest reactivity for hydrogen production in H₂-generation step by yielding an average amount of 5.72 ml g⁻¹ hydrogen gas, which is much higher than that evolved by Ce_0.9Hf_0.1O₂ (4.50 ml g⁻¹). The enhancement effect of doping Pr on the performance during two-step water-splitting cycles is because of the multivalent properties of Pr, which can: (1) reduce the amount of Ce³⁺ oxidized by contamination air (contamination air eliminated by partial oxidation of Pr³⁺ to Pr⁴⁺) in H₂-generation step; (2) enhance the reaction rate in H₂-generation step by improving the ionic conductivity (extrinsic oxygen vacancies created by the substitution of Ce⁴⁺ by Pr³⁺).     

Luminescent properties and energy transfer of Y3Al5O12:Ce3+, Ln3+ (Ln=Tb,Pr) prepared by polymer-assisted sol–gel method

Y₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce³⁺, Pr³⁺ and Y₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce³⁺, Tb³⁺ nano-particles have been synthesized by polymer-assisted sol–gel method. Crystal structure, luminescent properties and energy transfer of the phosphors are analyzed. XRD study of polycrystalline powders shows that all the samples are of YAG phase without impurity. Photoluminescence (PL) emission and excitation spectra illustrate that in YAG:Ce, Pr phosphors, energy transfer occurs mutually between Ce³⁺ and Pr³⁺, while in YAG:Ce, Tb systems, only one-way path energy transfer of Tb³⁺→Ce³⁺ is observed.     

Luminescence properties of phosphors based on Tb<Subscript>3</Subscript>Al<Subscript>5</Subscript>O<Subscript>12</Subscript> (TbAG) terbium-aluminum garnet

The processes of excitation energy transfer in phosphors based on single-crystal Tb₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce (TbAG:Ce) and Tb₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce,Eu (TbAG:Ce,Eu) garnet films have been investigated. These films are considered to be promising materials for screens for X-ray images and luminescence converters of blue LED radiation. The conditions for excitation energy transfer from the matrix (Tb³⁺ cations) to Ce³⁺ and Eu³⁺ ions in TbAG:Ce and TbAG:Ce,Eu phosphors have been analyzed in detail. It is established that a cascade process of excitation energy transfer from Tb³⁺ ions to Ce³⁺ and Eu³⁺ ions and from Ce³⁺ ions to Eu³⁺ ions is implemented in TbAG:Ce,Eu via dipole-dipole interaction and through the Tb³⁺ cation sublattice.     

119Sn Mössbauer study of the CePtSn Kondo compound

We have measured¹¹⁹Sn Mössbauer spectra of the CePtSn and (Ce_0.9La_0.1)NiSn compounds in the range from 1.5 to 293 K. In CePtSn, the spectra observed above 8 K are well explained by an electric quadrupole interaction. The spectral shape changes below 8 K due to the presence of a magnetic hyperfine field produced by the ordering of the Ce magnetic moments. We have analyzed these spectra assuming an incommensurate magnetic structure. The temperature dependence of the magnetic hyperfine field matches with anS=1/2 mean field curve with a step at 5 K. In (Ce_0.9La_0.1)NiSn, no magnetic order exists down to 1.5 K.     

Er:YAB nanoparticles and vitreous thin films by the polymeric precursor method

The synthesis of Y_0.9Er_0.1Al₃(BO₃)₄ crystalline powders and vitreous thin films were studied. Precursor solutions were obtained using a modified polymeric precursor method using d-sorbitol as complexant agent. The chemical reactions were described. Y_0.9Er_0.1Al₃(BO₃)₄ composition presents good thermal stability with regard to crystallization. The Y_0.9Er_0.1Al₃(BO₃)₄ crystallized phase can be obtained at 1,150 °C, in agreement with other authors. Crack- and porosity-free films were obtained with very small grain size and low RMS roughness. The films thickness revealed to be linearly dependent on precursor solution viscosity, being the value of 25 mPa s useful to prepare high-quality amorphous multi-layers (up to ∼ 800 nm) at 740 °C during 2 h onto silica substrates by spin coating with a gyrset technology.     

The optical properties of ZnO/ZnMgO single quantum well grown by P-MBE

In this paper, ZnO/Zn_0.9Mg_0.1O single quantum well (SQW) structures were fabricated on c-plane sapphire (Al₂O₃) substrate by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (P-MBE). The photoluminescence (PL) peak of the SQW shifted from 3.31 to 3.37 eV as the well layer thickness was decreased from 6 to 2 nm. The spectral linewidth increases with temperature due to the scattering of excitons with acoustic and optical phonons. The transition energy of the localized exciton in the ZnO/Mg_0.1Zn_0.9O SQW with well width of 3 nm was found to be about 3.407 eV at 80 K, consistent with theoretical calculation. The first subband energies in the conduction and valence band were calculated to be 49 and 11 meV, respectively.