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Title: Helical antiferromagnetic ordering in EuNi1.95As2 single crystals

Journal Article · · Physical Review B

The Eu+ 2 spins-7/2 in EuNi2 As2 with the body-centered tetragonal ThCr2 Si2 structure order antiferromagnetically below the Néel temperature TN = 15 K into a helical antiferromagnetic (AFM) structure with the helix axis aligned along the tetragonal c axis and the Eu ordered moments aligned ferromagnetically within the ab plane as previously reported from neutron diffraction measurements [T. Jin et al., Phys. Rev. B 99, 014425 (2019)]. Here we study the crystallographic, magnetic, thermal, and electronic transport properties of Bi-flux-grown single crystals using single-crystal x-ray diffraction, anisotropic magnetic susceptibility χ, isothermal magnetization M, heat capacity Cp, and electrical resistivity ρ measurements versus applied magnetic field H and temperature T. Vacancies are found on the Ni sites corresponding to the composition EuNi1.95 (1) As 2. A good fit of the ρ (T) data by the Bloch-Grüneisen theory for metals was obtained. The χab (T) data below TN are fitted well by molecular field theory (MFT), and the helix turn angle kd and the Eu-Eu Heisenberg exchange constants are extracted from the fit parameters. The kd value is in good agreement with the neutron-diffraction result. The magnetic contribution to the zero-field heat capacity below TN is also fitted by MFT. The isothermal in-plane magnetization Mab exhibits two metamagnetic transitions versus H, whereas Mc (T = 2 K ) is nearly linear up to H = 14 T, both behaviors being consistent with MFT. The Mc (H, T) , ρ(Hc, T) , and Cp (H c , T) data yielded a Hc- T phase diagram separating the AFM and paramagnetic phases in good agreement with MFT. Anisotropic χ(T) literature data for the ThCr 2 Si2 -type helical antiferromagnet EuRh2 As2 were also fitted well by MFT. A comparison is made between the crystallographic and magnetic properties of ThCr2 Si2-type Eu M2 Pn2 compounds with M = Fe , Co, Ni, Cu, or Rh, and Pn = P or As, where only ferromagnetic and c -axis helical AFM structures are found.

Research Organization:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1570835
Report Number(s):
IS-J-10052; PRBMDO; TRN: US2100039
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 100, Issue 9; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 10 works
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