Helical antiferromagnetic ordering in EuNi1.95As2 single crystals
Abstract
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. Themore »
- Authors:
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- Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Stockholm Univ. (Sweden)
- Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1570835
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-10052
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; TRN: US2100039
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Sangeetha, N. S., Smetana, V., Mudring, A. -V., and Johnston, D. C. Helical antiferromagnetic ordering in EuNi1.95As2 single crystals. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094438.
Sangeetha, N. S., Smetana, V., Mudring, A. -V., & Johnston, D. C. Helical antiferromagnetic ordering in EuNi1.95As2 single crystals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094438
Sangeetha, N. S., Smetana, V., Mudring, A. -V., and Johnston, D. C. Mon .
"Helical antiferromagnetic ordering in EuNi1.95As2 single crystals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094438. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1570835.
@article{osti_1570835,
title = {Helical antiferromagnetic ordering in EuNi1.95As2 single crystals},
author = {Sangeetha, N. S. and Smetana, V. and Mudring, A. -V. and Johnston, D. C.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094438},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 9,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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