1. Observation of spin-glass like behavior in the layered oxyselenides La2O3(Mn1−xCox)2Se2
- Author
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Qing-Kuan Meng, Kezhen Han, Shugang Tan, Tong Zhou, Cao Wang, Rui Cao, Yu-Ping Sun, Fei Xing, Qiang Jing, and Chenhao Gao
- Subjects
Diffraction ,Materials science ,Spin glass ,Condensed matter physics ,Absorption spectroscopy ,General Chemical Engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Activation energy ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Magnetization ,Ferromagnetism ,Lattice (order) ,Antiferromagnetism ,Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
We have synthesized a new series of layered oxyselenides La2O3(Mn1−xCox)2Se2 through a solid state reaction method. Their structure and physical properties were studied through powder X-ray diffraction, electric transport measurements, absorption spectroscopy, bulk magnetization and specific heat experiments. These compounds crystallize in layered structures with the space group I4/mmm. All the samples present semiconducting or insulating behavior with the activation energy ranging from 0.134 eV to 0.400 eV. The ferromagnetic (FM) component is induced as Co enters the lattice, and the FM component raises to its maximum when x is 0.6. The competing of FM and antiferromagnetic (AFM) components led to the emergence of a spin-glass like behavior in the intermediate alloys.
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- 2020