High pressure synthesis and characterization of the pyrochlore Dy_2Pt_2O_7:A new spin ice material

The cubic pyrochlore Dy2Pt2O7 was synthesized under 4 GPa and 1000℃ and its magnetic and thermodynamic properties were characterized by DC and AC magnetic susceptibility and specific heat down to 0.1 K.We found that Dy2Pt2O7 does not form long-range magnetic order,but displays characteristics of canonical spin ice such as Dy2Pt2O7,including(1)a large effective moment 9.64μB close to the theoretical value and a small positive Curie-Weiss temperatureθCW=+0.77 K signaling a dominant ferromagnetic interaction among the Ising spins;(2)a saturation moment ~4.5μB being half of the total moment due to the local<111>Ising anisotropy;(3)thermally activated spin relaxation behaviors in the low(~1 K)and high(~20 K)temperature regions with different energy barriers and characteristic relaxation time;and most importantly,(4)the presence of a residual entropy close to Pauling’s estimation for water ice.     

晶格失配和退火氧压对La_(0.825)Ca_(0.175)MnO_3薄膜的电学性能的影响（英文）

采用紫外脉冲激光沉积技术分别在LaA lO 3(LAO)、(LaA lO 3)0.3-(SrA lT aO 6)0.7(LSAT)和SrT iO 3(STO)(001)单晶衬底上制备了La0.825Ca0.175MnO 3(LCMO)薄膜。实验发现衬底的晶格失配度和退火氧压对薄膜结晶质量和电学性能有重要影响。电阻-温度曲线显示,生长在LAO(压应变)的LCMO薄膜比生长在STO(拉伸应变)的薄膜有更高的绝缘体-金属转变温度Tp和更大的电阻温度系数(TCR)。增加退火氧压可以有效地提高薄膜的Tp和TCR值。当退火氧压为30000 Pa时,与衬底晶格失配度最小的LCMO/LSAT薄膜具有最高的Tp(234.5 K)和最大的TCR(22.4%)。实验结果表明Ca含量为0.175的La1-xCaxMnO 3薄膜材料在测辐射热计等方面有潜在的应用前景。     

烧结工艺对La0.67Ca0.33MnO3多晶物理性质的影响

利用溶胶-凝胶法成功制备了La0.67Ca0.33MnO3粉末,并通过优化烧结工艺获得了物理性能优异的La0.67Ca0.33MnO3多晶靶材.利用X射线衍射仪和扫描电子显微镜分别测试了样品的物相、结构和微观形貌,并利用四探针法测试了靶材的电阻率-温度曲线.结果表明,影响TCR的主要因素有晶粒的化学均匀性、晶粒尺寸和晶界的数量,样品具有接近室温的金属-绝缘转变温度(TM1 =274 K)和高的电阻温度系数(TCR=13.5;).