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Title: Entropic signatures of the skyrmion lattice phase in MnSi1-xAlx and Fe1-yCoySi

Abstract

Here, the entropic signatures of magnetic phase transitions in the skyrmion lattice host compounds MnSi0.962Al0.038 and Fe0.7Co0.3Si were investigated through low field magnetization and ac susceptibility measurements. These data indicate that the conical to skyrmion transition that occurs with the application of magnetic field in MnSi0.962Al0.038 is characterized by clear discontinuity in the magnetic entropy as expected for first order topological phase transition. These same magnetoentropic features are negligibly small in isostructural Fe0.7Co0.3Si due to the level of chemical substitution related disorder and differences in the spin dynamics (range and timescales). Despite the obvious similarities in the magnetic structures of these two compounds, the transitions between these phases is substantially different indicating a surprising nonuniversality to the magnetic phase transitions in this class of materials.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]
  1. Kennesaw State Univ., Marietta, GA (United States)
  2. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States); Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States); Kennesaw State Univ., Marietta, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Louisiana Board of Regents; State of Florida
OSTI Identifier:
1851619
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012432; DMR-1644779
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 102; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; magnetic phase transitions; magnet susceptibility; magnetic texture; skyrmions; spin state transition

Citation Formats

Dhital, C., and DiTusa, J. F. Entropic signatures of the skyrmion lattice phase in MnSi1-xAlx and Fe1-yCoySi. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.102.224408.
Dhital, C., & DiTusa, J. F. Entropic signatures of the skyrmion lattice phase in MnSi1-xAlx and Fe1-yCoySi. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.224408
Dhital, C., and DiTusa, J. F. Wed . "Entropic signatures of the skyrmion lattice phase in MnSi1-xAlx and Fe1-yCoySi". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.224408. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1851619.
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author = {Dhital, C. and DiTusa, J. F.},
abstractNote = {Here, the entropic signatures of magnetic phase transitions in the skyrmion lattice host compounds MnSi0.962Al0.038 and Fe0.7Co0.3Si were investigated through low field magnetization and ac susceptibility measurements. These data indicate that the conical to skyrmion transition that occurs with the application of magnetic field in MnSi0.962Al0.038 is characterized by clear discontinuity in the magnetic entropy as expected for first order topological phase transition. These same magnetoentropic features are negligibly small in isostructural Fe0.7Co0.3Si due to the level of chemical substitution related disorder and differences in the spin dynamics (range and timescales). Despite the obvious similarities in the magnetic structures of these two compounds, the transitions between these phases is substantially different indicating a surprising nonuniversality to the magnetic phase transitions in this class of materials.},
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year = {Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2020}
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