Publications (20)
Noncentrosymmetric Commensurate Magnetic Ordering of Multiferroic ErMn2O5
B. Roessli, P. Fischer, P. J. Brown +7
The non-centrosymmetric magnetic structure of ErMnO has been shown to be very similar to that of HoMnO (Vecchini {\it et al.}, 2008 Phys. Rev. B {\bf 77} 134434). T…
Spin-orbital liquid state assisted by singlet-triplet excitation in ground state of BaZnIrO
Abhishek Nag, Srimanta Middey, Sayantika Bhowal +17
Strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects of heavy -orbital elements have long been neglected in describing the ground states of their compounds thereby overlooking a variety of…
Magnetic order in the quasi-one-dimensional Ising system RbCoCl
N. P. Hänni, D. Sheptyakov, M. Mena +9
The dynamical properties of free and bound domain-wall excitations in Ising-chain materials have recently become the focus of intense research interest. New materials and spectrome…
k=0 magnetic structure and absence of ferroelectricity in SmFeO3
C. -Y. Kuo, Y. Drees, M. T. Fernández-DÃaz +17
SmFeO3 has attracted considerable attention very recently due to the reported multiferroic properties above room-temperature. We have performed powder and single crystal neutron di…
Valence, exchange interaction, and location of Mn in polycrystalline Mn(x)Ga(1-x)N (x<0.04)
A. Furrer, K. W. Kraemer, A. Podlesnyak +3
We present an experimental study for polycrystalline samples of the diluted magnetic semiconductor Mn(x)Ga(1-x)N (x<0.04) in order to address some of the existing controversial iss…
Room-temperature structural phase transition in the quasi-2D spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet Cu(pz)(ClO)
N. Barbero, M. Medarde, T. Shang +5
Cu(pz)(ClO) (with pz denoting pyrazine CHN) is a two-dimensional spin-1/2 square-lattice antiferromagnet with = 4.24 K. Due to a persisting…
Sc_{2}Ga_{2}CuO_{7}: A possible Quantum spin liquid near the percolation threshold
R. Kumar, P. Khuntia, D. Sheptyakov +6
ScGaCuO (SGCO) crystallizes in a hexagonal structure (space group: ),\textcolor{black}{{} which can be seen as an alternating stacking of single a…
1D to 2D Na Ion Diffusion Inherently Linked to Structural Transitions in NaCoO
M. Medarde, M. Mena, J. L. Gavilano +9
We report the observation of a stepwise "melting" of the low-temperature Na-vacancy order in the layered transition metal oxide Na0.7CoO2. High-resolution neutron powder diffractio…
Synthesis, crystal and magnetic structure of iron selenide BaFe2Se3 with possible superconductivity at Tc=11K
A. Krzton-Maziopa, E. Pomjakushina, V. Pomjakushin +4
We report on synthesis of single crystals of BaFe2Se3 and study of their crystal and magnetic structures by means of synchrotron single crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction…
Incommensurate magnetic structure, Fe/Cu chemical disorder and magnetic interactions in the high-temperature multiferroic YBaCuFeO5
M. Morin, A. Scaramucci, M. Bartkowiak +9
Motivated by the recent observations of incommensurate magnetic order and electric polarization in YBaCuFeO5 up to temperatures TN2 as high as 230K [1,2] we report here for the fir…
Jahn-Teller versus quantum effects in the spin-orbital material LuVO3
M. Skoulatos, S. Toth, B. Roessli +17
We report on combined neutron and resonant x-ray scattering results, identifying the nature of the spin-orbital ground state and magnetic excitations in LuVO3 as driven by the orbi…
Nd2Sn2O7: an all-in-all-out pyrochlore magnet with no divergence-free field and anomalously slow paramagnetic spin dynamics
A. Bertin, P. Dalmas de Reotier, B. Fak +9
We report measurements performed on a polycrystalline sample of the pyrochlore compound Nd2Sn2O7. It undergoes a second order magnetic phase transition at Tc ~ 0.91 K to a noncopla…
Distortion mode anomalies in bulk PrNiO illustrating the potential of symmetry-adapted distortion mode analysis for the study of phase transitions
D. J. Gawryluk, Y. M. Klein, T. Shang +7
The origin of the metal-to-insulator transition in RNiO3 perovskites with trivalent 4f ion has challenged the condensed matter research community for almost three decades. A drawba…
Neutron scattering study of PbMgTaO and BaMgTaO complex perovskites
S. N. Gvasaliya, B. Roessli, D. Sheptyakov +2
Neutron scattering investigations were carried out in PbMgTaO and BaMgTaO complex perovskites. The crystal structure of both compounds does…
Magnetic phase diagram and spin Hamiltonian of antiferromagnet CsCoI
S. D. Nabi, L. Facheris, V. Romerio +12
We report comprehensive thermodynamic and neutron scattering measurements on the = 3/2 antiferromagnet CsCoI, a member of the thoroughly studied family of frustrated ma…
BaMTiO(M = Ir, Rh): A family of 5\textit{\textcolor{black}{d}}/4\textit{\textcolor{black}{d}}-based, diluted quantum spin liquids
R. Kumar, D. Sheptyakov, P. Khuntia +6
We report the structural and magnetic properties of the 4}\textit{\textcolor{black}{d }}\textcolor{black}{(M = Rh) based and 5}\textit{\textcolor{black}{d }}\textcolor{black}{(M =…
Simultaneous Antiferromagnetic Fe3+ and Nd3+ Ordering in NdFe3(11BO3)4
P. Fischer, V. Pomjakushin, D. Sheptyakov +8
By means of magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements, x-ray and unpolarised neutron diffraction investigations on powder and single-crystal samples, simultaneous long…
Low temperature crystal structure and local magnetometry for the geometrically frustrated pyrochlore Tb2Ti2O7
P. Dalmas de Reotier, A. Yaouanc, A. Bertin +6
We report synchrotron radiation diffraction and muon spin rotation (muSR) measurements on the frustrated pyrochlore magnet Tb2Ti2O7. The powder diffraction study of a crushed cryst…
High pressure behavior of CsC8 graphite intercalation compound
N. Rey, P. Toulemonde, D. Machon +12
The high pressure phase diagram of CsC8 graphite intercalated compound has been investigated at ambient temperature up to 32 GPa. Combining X-ray and neutron diffraction, Raman and…
Oxygen Isotope Effects on Lattice Properties of La_{2-x}Ba_xCuO_4 (x = 1/8)
Z. Guguchia, D. Sheptyakov, E. Pomjakushina +6
A novel negative oxygen-isotope (16O/18O) effect (OIE) on the low-temperature tetragonal phase transition temperature T_{LTT} was observed in La_{2-x}Ba_xCuO_4 (x = 1/8) using high…