Weak hybridization and isolated localized magnetic moments in the compounds CeT2Cd20 (T = Ni, Pd)
- Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
- California State Univ., Fresno, CA (United States)
Here, we report the physical properties of single crystals of the compounds CeT2Cd20 (T = Ni, Pd) that were grown in a molten Cd flux. Large separations of ~6.7- 6.8 Å between Ce ions favor the localized magnetic moments that are observed in measurements of the magnetization. The strength of the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya- Yosida magnetic exchange interaction between the localized moments is severely limited by the large Ce-Ce separations and by weak hybridization between localized Ce 4f and itinerant electron states. Measurements of electrical resistivity performed down to 0.138 K were unable to observe evidence for the emergence of magnetic order; however, magnetically-ordered ground states with very low transition temperatures are still expected in these compounds despite the isolated nature of the localized magnetic moments. Such a fragile magnetic order could be highly susceptible to tuning via applied pressure, but evidence for the emergence of magnetic order has not been observed so far in our measurements up to 2.5 GPa.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002909; NA0001841; FG02-04-ER46105
- OSTI ID:
- 1257509
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1238953
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Vol. 27, Issue 31; ISSN 0953-8984
- Publisher:
- IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Web of Science
Electronic states of CeT 2 X 20 (T:transition metal, X=Zn and Cd)
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