1. Heat transport in real spin-chain materials
- Author
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Alexander Chernyshev
- Subjects
Materials science ,Condensed matter physics ,Phonon ,Mechanical Engineering ,Doping ,Materials Engineering ,low-dimensional ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Spin chain ,spin-phonon scattering ,impurity scattering ,Thermal conductivity ,Impurity ,Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons ,heat transport ,spin-chain ,Applied Physics - Abstract
The problem of heat transport in low-dimensional antiferromagnets that consist of 1D spin-chains coupled to three-dimensional phonons and impurities is discussed. Using an example of SrCuO2 doped with Ca we show that the thermal conductivity in this class of materials should exhibit a ubiquitous behavior-saturation at higher temperatures. The reasons for such a behavior are outlined and a close agreement with the existing experimental data is demonstrated. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Published
- 2007