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Title: Quantum phase transition and ferromagnetism in C o 1 + x Sn

Abstract

The onset of ferromagnetism in cobalt-tin alloys is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The Co1+xSn alloys were prepared by rapid quenching from the melt and form a modified hexagonal NiAs-type crystal structure for 0.45 ≤ x ≤ 1. The magnetic behavior is described analytically and by density-functional theory using supercells and the coherent-potential approximation. The excess of Co concentration x, which enters the interstitial 2d sites in the hypothetical NiAs-ordered parent alloy CoSn, yields a Griffiths-like phase and, above a quantum critical point (xc ≈ 0.65), a quantum phase transition to ferromagnetic order. Quantum critical exponents are determined on the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic sides of the transition and related to the nature of the magnetism in itinerant systems with different types of chemical disorder.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
  2. IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh (India)
  3. Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1609559
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1518501; OSTI ID: 1700694
Report Number(s):
IS-J-9959
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; TRN: US2105312
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-04ER46152; FG02-90ER45413; AC02-07CH11358; DMREF 1729677; DMREF:SusChEM 1729288; NNCI-1542182
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 99; Journal Issue: 18; 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; materials science; physics; magnetism; quantum phase transitions; disordered alloys; transition-metal alloys

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Pahari, Rabindra, Balasubramanian, Balamurugan, Pathak, Rohit, Nguyen, Manh Cuong, Valloppilly, Shah R., Skomski, Ralph, Kashyap, Arti, Wang, Cai-Zhuang, Ho, Kai-Ming, Hadjipanayis, George C., and Sellmyer, David J. Quantum phase transition and ferromagnetism in Co1+xSn. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.99.184438.
Pahari, Rabindra, Balasubramanian, Balamurugan, Pathak, Rohit, Nguyen, Manh Cuong, Valloppilly, Shah R., Skomski, Ralph, Kashyap, Arti, Wang, Cai-Zhuang, Ho, Kai-Ming, Hadjipanayis, George C., & Sellmyer, David J. Quantum phase transition and ferromagnetism in Co1+xSn. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.99.184438
Pahari, Rabindra, Balasubramanian, Balamurugan, Pathak, Rohit, Nguyen, Manh Cuong, Valloppilly, Shah R., Skomski, Ralph, Kashyap, Arti, Wang, Cai-Zhuang, Ho, Kai-Ming, Hadjipanayis, George C., and Sellmyer, David J. Tue . "Quantum phase transition and ferromagnetism in Co1+xSn". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.99.184438. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1609559.
@article{osti_1609559,
title = {Quantum phase transition and ferromagnetism in Co1+xSn},
author = {Pahari, Rabindra and Balasubramanian, Balamurugan and Pathak, Rohit and Nguyen, Manh Cuong and Valloppilly, Shah R. and Skomski, Ralph and Kashyap, Arti and Wang, Cai-Zhuang and Ho, Kai-Ming and Hadjipanayis, George C. and Sellmyer, David J.},
abstractNote = {The onset of ferromagnetism in cobalt-tin alloys is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The Co1+xSn alloys were prepared by rapid quenching from the melt and form a modified hexagonal NiAs-type crystal structure for 0.45 ≤ x ≤ 1. The magnetic behavior is described analytically and by density-functional theory using supercells and the coherent-potential approximation. The excess of Co concentration x, which enters the interstitial 2d sites in the hypothetical NiAs-ordered parent alloy CoSn, yields a Griffiths-like phase and, above a quantum critical point (xc ≈ 0.65), a quantum phase transition to ferromagnetic order. Quantum critical exponents are determined on the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic sides of the transition and related to the nature of the magnetism in itinerant systems with different types of chemical disorder.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.99.184438},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 18,
volume = 99,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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