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- Kota, Sankalp, et al.
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Magnetic properties of Cr2AlB2, Cr3AlB4, and CrB powders
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Alloys and Compounds. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA. - 0925-8388 .- 1873-4669. ; 767, s. 474-482
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The MAB phases are ternary, atomically laminated compounds that crystallize with orthorhombic structures and consist of transition metal (M) boride sublattices interleaved with single or double layers of Al. To date, the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic Fe(2)AIB(2) have been well-studied experimentally, but those of most end member MAB phases with other transition metals remain poorly understood. Herein, predominantly single-phase Cr(3)AIB(4) and Cr(2)AIB(2) powders, with minor amounts of CrB impurities, were synthesized by heating mixtures of chromium monoboride (CrB), aluminum (Al), and boron or CrB and Al under flowing Ar. These reactants were found to substantially suppress the formation of undesired phases in the Cr-Al-B system. The magnetic properties of Cr(3)AIB(4), Cr(2)AIB(2) and CrB powders were characterized. All compounds exhibit paramagnetic behavior down to 4 K, with susceptibilities that are quite weakly temperature dependent at higher temperatures and a Curie-Weiss-like component prominent at low temperatures. Magnetization isotherms of the three compounds, showed approximately linear behavior above 5 kOe and no saturation of the magnetic moment up to 40 kOe, which is consistent with paramagnetism. The magnitude of the magnetic moments showed little variation with composition, on a per Cr atom basis. While the exact nature of the Curie-Weiss component is not entirely clear, we tentatively attribute it to dilute extrinsic impurities. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Tao, Quanzheng, et al.
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Atomically Layered and Ordered Rare-Earth i-MAX Phases : A New Class of Magnetic Quaternary Compounds
- 2019
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Ingår i: Chemistry of Materials. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0897-4756 .- 1520-5002. ; 31:7, s. 2476-2485
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2017, we discovered quaternary i-MAX phases atomically layered solids, where M is an early transition metal, A is an A group element, and X is C—with a (M12/3M21/3)2AC chemistry, where the M1 and M2 atoms are in-plane ordered. Herein, we report the discovery of a class of magnetic i-MAX phases in which bilayers of a quasi-2D magnetic frustrated triangular lattice overlay a Mo honeycomb arrangement and an Al Kagome lattice. The chemistry of this family is (Mo2/3RE1/3)2AlC, and the rare-earth, RE, elements are Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Lu. The magnetic properties were characterized and found to display a plethora of ground states, resulting from an interplay of competing magnetic interactions in the presence of magnetocrystalline anisotropy.
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- Tao, Quanzheng, et al.
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Magnetic phase diagram of (Mo2/3RE1/3)(2)AlC, RE = Tb and Dy, studied by magnetization, specific heat, and neutron diffraction analysis
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics. - : IOP Publishing Ltd. - 0953-8984 .- 1361-648X. ; 34:21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report the results of magnetization, heat capacity, and neutron diffraction measurements on (Mo2/3RE1/3)(2)AlC with RE = Dy and Tb. Temperature and field-dependent magnetization as well as heat capacity were measured on a powder sample and on a single crystal allowing the construction of the magnetic field-temperature phase diagram. To study the magnetic structure of each magnetic phase, we applied neutron diffraction in a magnetic field up to 6 T. For (Mo2/3Dy1/3)(2)AlC in zero field, a spin density wave is stabilized at 16 K, with antiferromagnetic ordering at 13 K. Furthermore, we identify the coexistence of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases induced by magnetic fields for both RE = Tb and Dy. The origin of the field induced phases is resulting from the competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions.
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