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Title: 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 )

Abstract

A detailed structure analysis for the site-diluted SnxFe4-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 Sn0.88Fe3.12N 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.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  2. RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany); Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart (Germany)
  3. RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen (Germany)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1560493
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1542686
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Zhang, Yuanpeng, Scholz, Tanja, Dronskowski, Richard, McDonnell, Marshall T., and Tucker, Matthew G. Local magnetic cluster size identified by neutron total scattering in the site-diluted spin glass SnxFe4-xN (x=0.88). United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.014419.
Zhang, Yuanpeng, Scholz, Tanja, Dronskowski, Richard, McDonnell, Marshall T., & Tucker, Matthew G. Local magnetic cluster size identified by neutron total scattering in the site-diluted spin glass SnxFe4-xN (x=0.88). United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.014419
Zhang, Yuanpeng, Scholz, Tanja, Dronskowski, Richard, McDonnell, Marshall T., and Tucker, Matthew G. Tue . "Local magnetic cluster size identified by neutron total scattering in the site-diluted spin glass SnxFe4-xN (x=0.88)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.014419. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1560493.
@article{osti_1560493,
title = {Local magnetic cluster size identified by neutron total scattering in the site-diluted spin glass SnxFe4-xN (x=0.88)},
author = {Zhang, Yuanpeng and Scholz, Tanja and Dronskowski, Richard and McDonnell, Marshall T. and Tucker, Matthew G.},
abstractNote = {A detailed structure analysis for the site-diluted SnxFe4-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 Sn0.88Fe3.12N 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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.100.014419},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 1,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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Figure. 1 Figure. 1: The conceptual diagram showing the two different approaches for modeling the total scattering data. Apart from the pure-nuclear Rietveld refinement, all the other three approaches are used in the paper. Here short names are given for the four approaches – UN, UNM, SN and SNM, where ‘U’ representsmore » unit-cell, ‘S’ for supercell, ‘N’ for nuclear and ‘M’ for magnetic.« less

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