Three-dimensional Ising ferrimagnetism of Cr-Fe-Cr trimers in FeCr2Te4

Liu, Yu; Koch, R. J.; Hu, Zhixiang; Aryal, Niraj; Stavitski, Eli; Tong, Xiao; Attenkofer, Klaus; Bozin, E. S.; Yin, Weiguo; Petrovic, C.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.102.085158

Three-dimensional Ising ferrimagnetism of Cr-Fe-Cr trimers in FeCr2Te4

Journal Article · Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.085158· OSTI ID:1657158

^[1]; ^[1]; Hu, Zhixiang ^[2]; Aryal, Niraj ^[1]; Stavitski, Eli ^[3]; ^[4]; Attenkofer, Klaus ^[3]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Petrovic, C. ^[2]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

We carried out a comprehensive study of magnetic critical behavior in single crystals of ternary chalcogenide $Fe {Cr}_{2} {Te}_{4}$ that undergoes a ferrimagnetic transition below $T_{c} ~$ 123 K. Detailed critical behavior analysis and scaled magnetic entropy change indicate a second-order ferrimagnetic transition. Critical exponents $β = 0.30 (1)$ with $T_{c} = 122.4 (5) K, γ = 1.22 (1)$ with $T_{c} = 122.8 (1) K$ , and $δ = 4.24 (2)$ at $T_{c} ~ 123 K$ suggest that the spins approach the three-dimensional Ising ( $β = 0.325, γ = 1.24$ , and $δ = 4.82$ ) model coupled with attractive long-range interactions between spins that decay as $J (r) \approx r^{- 4.88}$ . Our results suggest that the ferrimagnetism in $Fe {Cr}_{2} {Te}_{4}$ is due to itinerant ferromagnetism among the antiferromagnetically coupled Cr-Fe-Cr trimers.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1657158

Report Number(s):: BNL--216331-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 102; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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