Pressure effects on spin-lattice coupling of CdCr2S4

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Oliveira, GNP (Author) FCUP; dos Santos, AM (Author) Other; Gai, Z (Author) Other; Halder, G (Author) Other; araujo, j. p. (Author) FCUP; Lopes, AML (Author) Other; pereira, a. m. (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Vol. 715

Pages: 83-90

ISSN: 0925-8388

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-SMQ

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.04.265

Abstract (EN): Results of DC magnetization and x-ray diffraction measurements under hydrostatic pressure are reported for the CdCr2S4 spinel compound. Magnetization measurements were performed in a polycrystalline sample up to 14 kbar in the 20-220 K temperature range. At low applied magnetic fields an anomalous susceptibility behavior, associated to magnetic clusters, persists up to 14 kbar. X-ray synchrotron diffraction spectra acquired under pressure show a strong linear correlation between the variation of lattice parameters under pressure and the variation of the Cr-Cr distance. In contrast, the S-Cr-S angles remain constant. Clearly, the CdCr2S4 magnetic properties are strongly sensitive to pressure variations and the Cr local distortions observed in this compound promote a competition between direct antifer-romagnetic and super-exchange ferromagnetic interactions within such short-range magnetic clusters.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8