Thermal transport in the oxygenated magnetic superconductor, Eu1.5Ce0.5RuSr2Cu2O10+δ

The thermal conductivity and thermopower are reported for a hole doped Eu_1.5Ce_0.5RuSr₂Cu₂O_10+δ sample that has been annealed at 1100 K under an oxygen pressure of 54 atm. At T_c=45 K superconductivity and weak ferromagnetism coexist (T_m=180 K). Weak features in the thermopower, S(T), and thermal conductivity, κ(T), are observed both at T_m and at T^*=140 K. The thermopower begins to decrease sharply toward zero at T_c, and there is an extremely sharp increase of about 30% in the thermal conductivity at T_c. This “first order” transition may be related to the sudden appearance of a spontaneous vortex phase at T_c. A small shoulder is observed in κ(T) in the temperature range T=5–13 K.     

Effects of milling-induced disorder on the lattice parameters and magnetic properties of hematite

A ball-milling treatment in air for 30 min is enough to reduce anhydrous bulk hematite (-Fe₂O₃) grains to nanometric sizes. For milling times, t_m, of 15, 30 min, 1 and 2 h, the crystals suffer an anisotropic lattice dilation, which is more pronounced for the smaller average grain sizes attained. Mössbauer and susceptibility results show that the process alters the effective Morin temperatures, T_M. The transition occurs less sharply than for the non-milled material and spreads over a maximum extent of 50 K for t_m=30 min. The susceptibility data indicate that the T_M for the fraction of material undergoes the transition shifts toward values not lower than 235 K. For t_m=10 h the transition is suppressed down to 12 K. Our results do not allow distinguishing bulk from surface regions of the grains. In addition, the disorder brought about by the milling reduces the magnetic response in the weak ferromagnetic state of -Fe₂O₃. The modification of T_M seems to depend mainly on the anisotropic dilation of the unit cell that affects the whole grain and it is related to the nanometric grain sizes achieved.     

Disordered flat phase separation of the Lennard-Jones fcc(111) surface

Recent lattice model calculations have suggested that a full-layered crystal surface may undergo, under canonical (particle-conserving) conditions, a preroughening-driven two-dimensional phase separation into two disordered flat regions, of opposite order parameter. We have carried out extensive classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the Lennard-Jones fcc(111) surface, to check whether these predictions are relevant or not for a realistic continuous system. Very long simulation times, a grid of temperatures from to T_m, and unusually large system sizes are employed to ensure full equilibrium and good statistics. By examining layer-by-layer occupancies, height fluctuations, sublattice order parameter and X-ray structure factors, we find a clear anomaly at 0.83T_m. The anomaly is distinct from roughening (whose incipiency is also detected at 0.94T_m), and is seen to be consistent with the preroughening plus phase separation scenario.     

Transport properties of magnetically ordered amorphous (Fe100-xMnx)75P15C10 alloys

The resistivity , the magnetoresistance Δ and the Hall resistivity _H of alloys up to 30% Mn have been measured using amorphous ribbons of these materials. The temperature and field dependences of and _H suggest a variety of structural and spin scattering centers; in particular, (T) appears to be governed by structural (isotropic) scattering centers while _H(T) is dominated by topological (anisotropic) spin scattering centers, one of which probably is a “spin-hole”.     

Dynamical spin susceptibility of the d–p model in the over doping region

Dynamical spin susceptibility χ^s(q,ω) of the d–p model in the over doping region is investigated by using the auxiliary boson technique. It includes higher order terms of the 1/N-expansion within the random phase approximation (RPA) of the local vertex, where frequency dependence of the quasi-particle interaction is taken into account. The incommensurate spin fluctuation is obtained due to the nesting effect in the low energy region (ωω^*), whereas the commensurate one in the high energy region (ωω^*), the characteristic energy ω^* is estimated to be about 30 meV. Both of the spin–lattice relaxation rate 1/T₁ and the spin–spin relaxation rate 1/T_g monotonically increase as T decreases, while the spin Knight shift K is almost independent of T.     

Electrical transport properties of dense bulk YBa2Cu4O8 produced by hot isostatic pressing

Highly dense sintered YBa₂Cu₄O₈ has been produced by hot isostatic pressing (HIP). The electrical resistivity of this material has been measured as a function of temperature T and pressure in the range 40–650 K and 0–0.7 GPa. Both the temperature dependence and the pressure dependence of are found to be well described by a model based on the standard Bloch-Grüneisen theory. It is pointed out that is liner in T only under isobaric conditions, while is strongly nonlinear in all high-T_c superconductors under isochoric (constant volume) conditions. The critical current density of the material is 900 A/cm² at 4 K, while the resistivity is 630 μΩ cm at 294 K.     

Carbon solubility and superconductivity in MgB2

Successful replacement of B by C in the series MgB_2−xC_x for values of x upto 0.3 is reported. Resistivity and ac susceptibility measurements have been carried out in the samples. Solubility of carbon, inferred from the observed change in the lattice parameter with carbon content indicates that carbon substitutes upto x=0.30 into the MgB₂ lattice. The superconducting transition temperature, T_c measured both by zero resistivity and the onset of the diamagnetic signal shows a systematic decrease with increase in carbon content upto x=0.30, beyond which the volume fraction decreases drastically. The temperature dependence of resistivity in the normal state fits to the Bloch–Gruneisen formula for all the carbon compositions studied. The Debye temperature, θ_D, extracted from the fit, is seen to decrease with carbon content from 900 to 525 K, whereas the electron–phonon interaction parameter, λ, obtained from the McMillan equation using the measured T_c and θ_D, is seen to increase monotonically from 0.8 in MgB₂ to 0.9 in the x=0.50 sample. The ratio of the resistivities between 300 and 40 K versus T_c is seen to follow the Testardi correlation for the C substituted samples. The decrease in T_c is argued to mainly arise due to large decrease in θ_D with C concentration and a decrease in the hole density of states at N(E_F).     

Calcul semi-empirique de la temperature de transition des superconducteurs et de l'effet de la pression sur la transition

A method is developed to take into account the contribution of the Umklapprozesse to the electron-phonon interaction in polyvalent metals. This method is used to compute—from first principles—the high-temperature resistivity of non-transition metals as well as the transition temperature T_c of non-transition superconductors along the lines of , and 's theory of superconductivity (Phys. Rev. 108, 1175 (1957)). The effect of pressure on T_c is also computed and its dependence upon the band structure is stressed.     

Selection of pulse sequences producing maximum tissue contrast in magnetic resonance imaging

The importance of spin density [N(H)] and spin-lattice (T₁) and spin-spin (T₂) relaxation in the characterization of tissue by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is clearly recognized. This work considers which optimized pulse sequences provide the best tissue discrimination between a given pair of tissues. The effects of tissue spin density and machine-imposed minimum rephasing echo times (TE_MIN) for achieving maximum signal tissue contrast are discussed. A long TE_MIN sacrifices T₁-dependent contrast in saturation recovery (SR) and inversion recovery (IR) pulse sequences so that spin-echo (SE) becomes the optimum sequence to provide tissue contrast, due to T₂ relaxation. Pulse sequences providing superior performance may be selected based on spin density and T₁ and T₂ ratios for a given pair of tissues. Selection of the preferred pulse sequence and interpulse delay times to produce maximum tissue contrast is strongly dependent on knowledge of tissue spin densities as well as T₁ and T₂ characteristics. As the spin density ratio increases, IR replaces SR as the preferred sequence and SE replaces IR and SR as the pulse sequence providing superior contrast. To select the optimal pulse sequence and interpulse delay times, an accurate knowledge of tissue spin density, T₁ and T₂ must be known for each tissue.     

Normal state DC electrical resistivity in RE-123 superconductors

We have examined the DC electrical resistivity of RE-123 superconductors (where RE is a rare earth element) on the basis of a model of correlated electron transfer arising from the electron-phonon interaction. The small polaron stabilization energy (ε_p) has been obtained from the fitting of the normal state resistivity data. A correlation between the lattice parameters of the unit cell and ε_p has been observed which is explained on the basis of fermiology.     

NMR study of local hole distribution, spin fluctuation and superconductivity in Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10

⁶³Cu, ¹⁷O and ²⁰⁵Tl NMR have been performed in the high-T_c superconductor Tl₂Ba₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀ whose T_c(max) is 127 K. The hole densities at Cu and oxygen sites in the CuO₂ plane have been extracted from the nuclear quadrupole frequency ν_Q. The striking feature is that the Cu holes are significantly transferred to oxygen site due to strong hybridization between Cu and oxygen. From an analysis of T₁ and T_2G, it has been found that the spectral weight of the spin fluctuation is transferred to higher energy compared to YBa₂Cu₃O₇, while the magnetic correlation length ξ does not differ much. Thus, it is suggested that the higher T_c is due to higher characteristic energy of spin fluctuations, i.e. the superconductivity is spin fluctuation mediated. The superconducting properties are consistently explained by a d-wave superconductivity model with a finite density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level. We show that the disorder of the Ca/TlO layer caused by the partial inter-substitution of Tl and Ca is responsible for the potential scattering to produce such a DOS. It is found that if such a potential scattering were absent, T_c would go up to 132 K which is quite close to the record T_c realized in the Hg based compound.     

The effects of electron–phonon interaction on anisotropic RKKY interaction in graphene nanoribbon

We study the Ruderman–Kittle–Kasuya–Yosida (RKKY) interaction in doped armchair graphene nanoribbon. The effects of both external magnetic field and electron-Holstein phonon on RKKY interaction have been addressed. RKKY interaction as a function of distance between localized moments has been analyzed. It has been shown that a magnetic field along the z-axis mediates an anisotropic interaction which corresponds to a XXZ model interaction between two magnetic moments. In order to calculate the exchange interaction along arbitrary direction between two magnetic moments, we should obtain both transverse and longitudinal static spin susceptibilities of armchair graphene nanoribbon in the presence of electron-phonon coupling and magnetic field. The spin susceptibility components are calculated using the spin dependent Green’s function approach for Holstein model Hamiltonian. The effects of spin polarization on the dependence of exchange interaction on distance between moments are investigated via calculating correlation function of spin density operators. Our results show the influences of magnetic field on the spatial behavior of in-plane and longitudinal RKKY interactions are different in the presence of magnetic field.     

Yb Mössbauer and neutron diffraction investigation of the antiferromagnetic phase in the Kondo lattices YbP and YbN

The Kondo lattices YbP and YbN (nonstoichiometric samples) have been investigated by ¹⁷⁰Yb Mössbauer spectroscopy, in the temperature range 0.085 K to 80 K in zero magnetic field in YbN and with an applied magnetic field at T=0.045 K in YbP and YbN, and by neutron diffraction in YbN. In both compounds, the antiferromagnetic transition at T_N0.7 K is first order and occurs through a progressive growth of paramagnetic domains as the temperature increases. The measured exchange interaction is much larger than k_BT_N in both compounds and it is found to be isotropic in YbP and anisotropic in YbN. The saturated magnetic moment in both compounds is reduced by 50% with respect to the value calculated from the crystal field and exchange interactions. These properties are interpreted in terms of the competition between the Kondo effect and the RKKY exchange interaction; using a model mean field NCA calculation to describe the magnetic phase, the Kondo temperatures T_K are found to be near 5–10 K.     

钙钛矿型锰氧化物(La$lt;sub$gt;0.8$lt;/sub$gt;Eu$lt;sub$gt;0.2$lt;/sub$gt;)$lt;sub$gt;4/3$lt;/sub$gt;Sr$lt;sub$gt;5/3$lt;/sub$gt;Mn$lt;sub$gt;2$lt;/sub$gt;O$lt;sub$gt;7$lt;/sub$gt;的磁性和电性研究

采用传统固相反应法制备钙钛矿型锰氧化物 (La_0.8Eu_0.2)_4/3Sr_5/3Mn₂O₇多晶样品, X-射线衍射分析表明, 样品(La_0.8Eu_0.2)_4/3Sr_5/3Mn₂O₇结构呈现良好的单相. 通过磁化强度随温度的变化曲线(M-T)、不同温度下磁化强度随磁场的变化曲线(M-H)和电子自旋共振谱发现: 在300 K以下, 随着温度的降低, 样品先后经历了二维短程铁磁有序转变 (T_C^2D ≈ 282 K)、三维长程铁磁有序转变(T_C^3D ≈ 259 K)、奈尔转变(T_N ≈ 208K)和电荷有序转变(T_CO ≈ 35 K); 样品 (La_0.8Eu_0.2)_4/3Sr_5/3Mn₂O₇在T_N以下, 主要处于反铁磁态; 在T_C^3D达到370 K时, 样品处于铁磁-顺磁共存态, 在370 K以上时样品进入顺磁态. 此外, 分析电阻率随温度的变化曲线(ρ-T)得到: 样品在金属-绝缘转变温度(T_P ≈ 80 K)附近出现最大磁电阻值, 其位置远离T_C^3D, 表现出非本征磁电阻现象, 其磁电阻值约为61%. 在T_CO以下, 电阻率出现明显增长, 这是由于温度下降使原本在高温部分巡游的e_g电子开始自发局域化增强所致. 通过对 (La_0.8Eu_0.2)_4/3Sr_5/3Mn₂O₇的ρ-T 曲线拟合, 发现样品在高温部分的导电方式基本遵循小极化子的导电方式. 关键词： 磁性 电性 金属-绝缘转变温度 电子自旋共振     

Chemical pressure effect on the superconductor MgCNi3

In order to investigate the positive and negative pressure effects on superconducting properties for MgCNi₃, chemical pressure was applied by means of Zn-doping to Mg site (Mg_1−xZn_xCNi₃) and by substituting Mg with Cd (CdCNi₃). The lattice constant decreases (increases) with increasing Zn (Cd) content. In the magnetic measurements, superconducting transition temperature (T_c) is decreasing with increasing Zn content and disappears at x > 0.3. While for CdCNi₃, T_c also decreases down to 3.4 K. The result seems not to be fully understandable in the case of CdCNi₃ since T_c seems to rise owing to the increase of density of states at Fermi energy caused by lattice expansion.     

Low-temperature phase and magnetic interactions in FCC Fe-Cr-Ni alloys

The low-temperature (5 K < T < 300 K) magnetic properties of a set of nine isostructural fcc Fe-Cr-Ni (Fe ≈ 68 at %, Cr ≈ 20 at%, Ni ≈ 9 at%) alloys were studied by SQUID magnetometry, neutron diffraction and ultrasonic techniques. Type-1 antiferromagnetic (AF) ordering was observed below the Néel temperature, T_N. The dc susceptibility, χ(T), did not exhibit a simple Curie-Weiss dependence. Above T_N, atemperature independent component χ₀ was observed, i.e., χ(T) = χ₀ + C / (itT + θ. T_N was systematically influenced by the lattice parameter, a, decreasing from (47.9 ± 0.5) K to (35.0 ± 0.5) K as a increased by only 0.25%. The average magnetic moment of ≈ 0.6μ_B obtained from neutron scattering was lower than the ≈ 1 μ_B obtained from the SQUID data. Mean field estimates of antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbors exchange interaction (J₁) and ferromagnetic second-nearest-neighbors interaction (J₂) indicate that |J₂/J₁|≈ 1.5. We believe that this is evidence of the RKKY interaction, and self-consistently argue that only the external d electrons are responsible for the localized average moment. This may mean that s-d hybridization of the external electrons is weak in these alloys.     

Metallic spin-liquid behavior of the geometrically frustrated Kondo lattice

Strongly frustrated magnetism of the metallic pyrochlore oxide Pr2Ir2O7 has been revealed by single crystal study. While Pr 4f moments have an antiferromagnetic RKKY interaction energy scale of /T*/ = 20 K mediated by Ir 5d-conduction electrons, no magnetic long-range order is found except for partial spin freezing at 120 mK. Instead, the Kondo effect, including a lnT dependence in the resistivity, emerges and leads to a partial screening of the moments below /T*/. Our results indicate that the underscreened moments show spin-liquid behavior below a renormalized correlation scale of 1.7 K.     

Effect of oxygen on superconductivity and structure of Bi-system superconductor

A systematic study of the effects of oxygen content and distribution in 2223 single-phase Bi_1.6Pb_0.4Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_10+δ s superconductor has has been carried out using a combination of quenching in air and low-temperature annealing in nitrogen. With decreasing oxygen content a maximum was observed in T_c, accompanying the increase in room-temperature resistivity. Also the effect of oxygen redistribution has been studied by low-temperature annealing in nitrogen, which allows no oxygen content change. After this annealing, in T_c, the room temperature resistivity and the c-axis parameter an apparent change occurred as compared to the original quenching states. From tge measurement of in situ resistivity which increased gradually during low-temperature annealing, it seems that a metastable phase was formed by oxygen diffusion. The interchange of oxygen atoms between Bi₂O₂ and CuO₂ planes and the possible ordering of oxygen vacancies were proposed to explain the relevant experimental phenomena.     

Spin ordering in the mixed-ligand antiferromagnet Mn(dca)2(pyrazine)

The flexibility offered by molecular-based systems allows us to introduce or replace specific ligands in a material with the aim of radically altering desired structural and magnetic properties. Specifically, Mn(dca)₂(pyz) {dca = dicyanamide, [N(CN)₂]⁻; PYZ = pyrazine} has a unique interpenetrating ReO₃-like lattice. The Mn²⁺ cations are high-spin ( ) and the material orders antiferromagnetically below T_N = 2.53(2) K. Using neutron powder diffraction we observed a collinear spin structure oriented along the short ac-diagonal of the monoclinic unit cell. Inelastic neutron scattering results show a magnetic excitation at 0.23 meV. The strong dispersion character of this excitation demonstrates that it is related to a low-energy spin wave. Upon warming, the magnon gradually softens and disappears at T_N, while critical scattering becomes evident by a broad quasielastic response above T_N. The energy of the magnon is consistent with the exchange parameter, J, derived from magnetic susceptibility measurements.     

THE OVERLAP OF MAGNETIZATION AND THE COUPLING OF IMPURITIES WI丁H LATTICE FOR DM SPIN GLASS

The overlap of magnetization of the giound state in a RKKY spin glass system with the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction is studied based on the theory of infinite number of order parameter. It is shown that the nonmagnetic impurities are coupled with the host lattice.The results are in good agreement with experiments.