141 citations · 608 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for
25 papers
Triplon Bose-Einstein condensation and proximate magnetism in dimerized antiferromagnets
Z. Y. Zhao, F. Y. Li, C. Dong +7
Dimerized quantum magnets provide a useful arena for novel quantum states and phases transitions with the singlet-triplet type of triplon excitations. Here we study the triplon phy…
Local site behavior of the 5d and 4f ions in the frustrated pyrochlore Ho2Os2O7
S. Calder, Z. Y. Zhao, M. H. Upton +1
The pyrochlore osmate Ho2Os2O7 is a candidate material for a fragile J=0 local singlet ground state, however little is known regarding the single-ion behavior of either the Os or H…
Temperature-induced valence-state transition in double perovskite Ba2-xSrxTbIrO6
Z. Y. Zhao, S. Calder, H. D. Zhou +3
In this work, a temperature-induced valence-state transition is studied in a narrow composition range of BaSrTbIrO. The valence-state transition involves an electro…
Low-temperature thermal conductivity and magnetic transitions of the kagomé-staircase compound NiVO
Z. Y. Zhao, Q. J. Li, X. G. Liu +6
Kagomé-staircase compound NiVO is an attractive multiferroic material exhibiting rich phase diagrams. However, the magnetic properties and magnetic transitions have bee…
Ferroelectricity of structural origin in spin-chain compounds CaCoMnO
J. Shi, J. D. Song, J. C. Wu +10
We report a systematic study of the structure, electric and magnetic properties of CaCoMnO single crystals with 0.72 and 0.26. The DC and AC magnetic susc…
Low-temperature heat transport of CuFeGaO ( 0--0.12) single crystals
J. D. Song, X. M. Wang, Z. Y. Zhao +5
We report a study on the thermal conductivity of CuFeGaO ( 0--0.12) single crystals at temperatures down to 0.3 K and in magnetic fields up to 14 T. CuFeO…
A parity-breaking electronic nematic phase transition in the spin-orbit coupled metal CdReO
J. W. Harter, Z. Y. Zhao, J. -Q. Yan +2
Strong electron interactions can drive metallic systems toward a variety of well-known symmetry-broken phases, but the instabilities of correlated metals with strong spin-orbit cou…
Thermal conductivity of the diamond-chain compound Cu_3(CO_3)_2(OH)_2
J. C. Wu, J. D. Song, Z. Y. Zhao +6
Thermal conductivity (κ) of a distorted spin diamond-chain system, Cu_3(CO_3)_2(OH)_2, is studied at low temperatures down to 0.3 K and in magnetic fields up to 14 T. In zero field…
Low-temperature thermal conductivity of Dy_2Ti_2O_7 and Yb_2Ti_2O_7 single crystals
S. J. Li, Z. Y. Zhao, C. Fan +8
We study the low-temperature thermal conductivity (κ) of Dy_2Ti_2O_7 and Yb_2Ti_2O_7 single crystals in magnetic fields up to 14 T along the [111], [100] and [110] directions. The…
Thermal conductivity of IPA-CuCl_3: Evidences of ballistic magnon transport and limited applicability of the Bose-Einstein condensation model
Z. Y. Zhao, B. Tong, X. Zhao +9
The heat transport of the spin-gapped material (CH_3)_2CHNH_3CuCl_3 (IPA-CuCl_3), a candidate quantum magnet with Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), is studied at ultra-low temperat…
Low-temperature heat transport of Nd_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4} single crystals
X. Zhao, Z. Y. Zhao, B. Ni +6
We report a study of the Ce doping effect on the thermal conductivity (κ) of Nd_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4} (NCCO) at low temperatures down to 0.3 K and in magnetic fields up to 14 T. It is…
Ground state and magnetic phase transitions of orthoferrite DyFeO_3
Z. Y. Zhao, X. Zhao, H. D. Zhou +5
Low-temperature thermal conductivity (κ), as well as magnetization (M) and electric polarization (P), of multiferroic orthoferrite DyFeO_3 single crystals are studied with H \paral…
Reversing ferroelectric polarization in multiferroic DyMn2O5 by nonmagnetic Al substitution of Mn
Z. Y. Zhao, M. F. Liu, X. Li +4
The multiferroic RMn2O5 family, where R is rare-earth ion or Y, exhibits rich physics of multiferroicity which has not yet well understood, noting that multiferroicity is receiving…
Low-temperature heat transport of the geometrically frustrated antiferromagnets R_2Ti_2O_7 (R = Gd and Er)
F. B. Zhang, Q. J. Li, Z. Y. Zhao +5
We report a systematic study on the low-temperature thermal conductivity (κ) of R_2Ti_2O_7 (R = Gd and Er) single crystals with different directions of magnetic field and heat curr…
Single crystal growth of the hexagonal manganites MnO ( = rare earth) by the optical floating-zone method
C. Fan, Z. Y. Zhao, J. D. Song +3
We report a study on the crystal growth of the hexagonal manganites MnO ( = Y, Lu, Ho, Er, and Tm) by using an optical floating-zone method. It was found that high-qualit…
Single crystal growth of the pyrochlores TiO ( = rare earth) by the optical floating-zone method
Q. J. Li, L. M. Xu, C. Fan +5
We report a systematic study on the crystal growth of the rare-earth titanates TiO ( = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Er, Yb and Lu) and Y-doped TbYTiO (…
Crystal growth and characterization of Haldane chain compound Ni(CHN)NOClO
W. Tao, L. M. Chen, X. M. Wang +6
The bulk single crystals of chain compound Ni(CHN)NOClO are grown by using a slow evaporation method at a constant temperature and a slow cooling…
Growth of (CH)NHCuCl single crystals using evaporation method with different temperatures and solvents
L. M. Chen, W. Tao, Z. Y. Zhao +6
The bulk single crystals of of low-dimensional magnet (CH)NHCuCl (DMACuCl or MCCL) are grown by a slow evaporation method with different kinds of solvents, diff…
Low-temperature thermal conductivity of antiferromagnetic S = 1/2 chain material CuCl_22((CH_3)_2SO)
W. P. Ke, J. Shi, F. B. Zhang +3
We study the heat transport of S = 1/2 chain compound CuCl_22((CH_3)_2SO) along the b axis (vertical to the chain direction) at very low temperatures. The zero-field thermal…
Magnetically originated phonon-glass-like behavior in Tb_2Ti_2O_7 single crystal
Q. J. Li, Z. Y. Zhao, C. Fan +4
We report a study on the thermal conductivity (κ) of Tb_2Ti_2O_7 single crystals at low temperatures. It is found that in zero field this material has an extremely low phonon therm…
Paramagnetic ground state with field-induced partial order in Nd_3Ga_5SiO_{14} probed by low-temperature heat transport
Q. J. Li, Z. Y. Zhao, H. D. Zhou +7
We study the low-temperature heat transport of Nd_3Ga_5SiO_{14}, which is a spin-liquid candidate, to probe the nature of ground state and the effect of magnetic field on the magne…
Heat transport of quasi-one-dimensional Ising-like antiferromagnet BaCo_2V_2O_8 in the longitudinal and transverse fields
Z. Y. Zhao, X. G. Liu, Z. Z. He +7
The very-low-temperature thermal conductivity (κ) is studied for BaCo_2V_2O_8, a quasi-one-dimensional Ising-like antiferromagnet exhibiting an unusual magnetic-field-induced order…
Heat transport of the quasi-one-dimensional alternating spin chain material (CH_{3})_{2}NH_{2}CuCl_{3}
L. M. Chen, X. M. Wang, W. P. Ke +6
We report a study of the low-temperature heat transport in the quasi-one-dimensional S = 1/2 alternating antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic chain compound (CH_{3})_{2}NH_{2}CuCl_{3}.…
Low-temperature heat transport of the layered spin-dimer compound Ba_3Mn_2O_8
W. P. Ke, X. M. Wang, C. Fan +6
We report the study on the low-temperature heat transport of Ba_3Mn_2O_8 single crystal, a layered spin-dimer compound exhibiting the magnetic-field-induced magnetic order or the m…