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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2008

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…

cond-mat.str-el2015

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…

cond-mat.str-el2021

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…

cond-mat.str-el2014

k=0 magnetic structure and absence of ferroelectricity in SmFeO3

C. -Y. Kuo, Y. Drees, M. T. Fernández-Díaz +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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

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…

cond-mat.str-el2015

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…

cond-mat.str-el2013

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2011

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…

cond-mat.str-el2015

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…

cond-mat.str-el2015

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…

cond-mat.str-el2015

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…

cond-mat.str-el2019

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2004

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…

cond-mat.str-el2026

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…

cond-mat.str-el2016

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 =…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2006

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…

cond-mat.str-el2014

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2007

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2015

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…