Structure and properties of NdCuGa3 single crystals

Binod K. Rai; Boris Maiorov; Krzysztof Gofryk; Patrick O'Rourke; Catherine Housley; Henry Ajo; Asraf Sawon; Arjun K. Pathak; Narayan Poudel; Qiang Zhang; Travis J. Williams; Matthias Frontzek

doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.171515

Structure and properties of NdCuGa₃ single crystals

Binod K. Rai, Boris Maiorov, Krzysztof Gofryk, Patrick O'Rourke, Catherine Housley, Henry Ajo, Asraf Sawon, Arjun K. Pathak, Narayan Poudel, Qiang Zhang, Travis J. Williams, Matthias Frontzek

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Abstract

This manuscript reports on the structural and magnetic properties of NdCuGa₃ using powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), zero-field single crystal neutron diffraction, magnetization, and specific heat measurements. Our XRD on a single crystal specimen of NdCuGa₃ confirmed that it crystallizes in the tetragonal BaNiSi₃-type structure. A magnetic phase transition at T_N= 3.3 K is assessed using specific heat and ac magnetic susceptibility measurements. No additional anomaly below T_N down to 50 mK was detected by performing specific heat measurements. Neutron single crystal diffraction data collected at T= 300 mK confirm the antiferromagnetic phase below T_N= 3.3 K with the propagation vector τ→= (0.2, 0, 0). Possible magnetic structure solutions of NdCuGa₃ are discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	171515
Journal	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume	589
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.171515
State	Published - Jan 1 2024

Funding

We thank Alex Bretaña, Gergory Morrison, and Rose Gyeer for useful discussions. We are also thankful to E. Morosan and S. Lei for the specific heat data below 2 K. This work was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program within the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). K. G. acknowledges the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Physical Behavior of Materials program. A portion of this work was performed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is supported by National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement No. DMR-2128556*, the State of Florida, and the U.S. Department of Energy. A portion of this research used resources at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A.K.P. acknowledges the funding support from National Science Foundation, Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) program under Award No. DMR-2213412. This work was produced by Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC under Contract No. 89303321CEM000080 with the U.S. Department of Energy. Publisher acknowledges the U.S. Government license to provide public access under the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan) We thank Alex Bretaña, Gergory Morrison, and Rose Gyeer for useful discussions. We are also thankful to E. Morosan and S. Lei for the specific heat data below 2 K. This work was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program within the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). K. G. acknowledges the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Physical Behavior of Materials program . A portion of this work was performed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is supported by National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement No. DMR-2128556*, the State of Florida, and the U.S. Department of Energy. A portion of this research used resources at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A.K.P. acknowledges the funding support from National Science Foundation, Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) program under Award No. DMR-2213412. This work was produced by Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC under Contract No. 89303321CEM000080 with the U.S. Department of Energy. Publisher acknowledges the U.S. Government license to provide public access under the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan )

Funders	Funder number
DOE Public Access Plan
LEAPS-MPS	89303321CEM000080, DMR-2213412
National Science Foundation	DMR-2128556
U.S. Department of Energy
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Office of Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Laboratory Directed Research and Development
Savannah River National Laboratory
State of Florida

Keywords

Antiferromagnetism
Crystal structure
Flux growth
Neutron diffraction
Specific heat
X-ray diffraction

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