Local magnetic cluster size identified by neutron total scattering in the site-diluted spin glass SnxFe4-xN (x=0.88)

Zhang, Yuanpeng; Scholz, Tanja; Dronskowski, Richard; McDonnell, Marshall T.; Tucker, Matthew G.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.014419

Local magnetic cluster size identified by neutron total scattering in the site-diluted spin glass $S n_{x} F e_{4 - x} N$ $(x = 0.88)$

Journal Article · Tue Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.014419· OSTI ID:1560493

Zhang, Yuanpeng ^[1]; Scholz, Tanja ^[2]; Dronskowski, Richard ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[4]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany); Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart (Germany)
RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

A detailed structure analysis for the site-diluted Sn_xFe_4-xN (x = 0.25, 0.41, and 0.88) has been carried out through complex modeling of the neutron total scattering data. We present quantitative evidence showing the local ferromagnetic cluster size extending to ~8 Å on average when Sn_0.88Fe_3.12N undergoes the spin-glass transition (the other two not showing such a transition). In conclusion, the modeling methodology used in this work involving the corefinement of the nuclear and magnetic structure in both real and reciprocal space can potentially be applied generally to explore a variety of spin-glass material problems.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1560493

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1542686

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 100; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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