Electron spin resonance and quantum critical phenomena in VOx multiwall nanotubes |
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| Authors: | S V Demishev A L Chernobrovkin E A Goodilin V V Glushkov A V Grigorieva N A Samarin N E Sluchanko A V Semeno Yu D Tretyakov |
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| Institution: | 1. A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of RAS, 38, Vavilov street, Moscow 119991, Russia;2. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Materials Science Department, Lenin Hills, Moscow 119991, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Basing on the high frequency (60 GHz) electron spin resonance study of the VOx multiwall nanotubes (VOx ‐NTs) carried out in the temperature range 4.2–200 K we report: (i) the first direct experimental evidence of the presence of the antiferromagnetic dimers in VOx ‐NTs and (ii) the observation of an anomalous low temperature growth of the magnetic susceptibility for quasi‐free spins, which obey the power law χ (T)～1/T α with the exponent α ≈ 0.6 in a wide temperature range 4.2–50 K. We argue that the observed departures from the Curie–Weiss behaviour manifest the onset of the quantum critical regime and formation of the Griffiths phase as a magnetic ground state of these spin species. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
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| Keywords: | 75 45 +j 75 75 +a 76 30 − v 81 07 De |
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