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Falhan MF, Winarsih S, Pratama R, Syakuur MA, Widyaiswari U, Putri AE, Risdiana. Enhancement of magnetism by tailoring synthesis conditions in electron-doped superconducting nanoparticles. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:14787-14795. [PMID: 38717743 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp01072h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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A study on the effects of sample synthesis conditions on the particle size, structure, and magnetic properties of electron-doped cuprate superconductors of Eu1.85Ce0.15CuO4+α-δ (ECCO) nanoparticles has been carried out using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer (SQUID). The ECCO nanoparticles were prepared through the sol-gel method with various sintering and annealing temperatures. From TEM characterization, the average particle sizes are 87 nm and 103 nm for the sintering temperatures of 700 °C and 900 °C, respectively. The XRD results with structural Rietveld refinement reveal that the lattice constants and bond distance Cu-O change considerably compared to the bulk case. Reducing the particle and crystallite size to below 200 nm causes strong suppression in the superconducting state. From SQUID measurements it is found that none of the samples show superconducting behavior. An upturn in magnetic susceptibility below 10 K is observed in the sample when the crystallite size is in the range of 69 nm to 88 nm, indicating the existence of magnetism. The lower the sintering temperature of the sample synthesis, the higher the effective magnetic moment and Curie temperature. It suggests that the magnetic correlation is more developed in the smaller samples.
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- Muhammad Fadhil Falhan
- Department of Physics, Padjadjaran University, Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia.
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- Research Center for Quantum Physics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), South Tangerang, 15314, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Padjadjaran University, Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Padjadjaran University, Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia
- Meson Science Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Padjadjaran University, Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia.
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- Meson Science Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Padjadjaran University, Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia.
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Zhang H, Sanchez JJ, Chu JH, Liu J. Perspective: probing elasto-quantum materials with x-ray techniques and in situanisotropic strain. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:333002. [PMID: 38722324 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad493e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Anisotropic lattice deformation plays an important role in the quantum mechanics of solid state physics. The possibility of mediating the competition and cooperation among different order parameters by applyingin situstrain/stress on quantum materials has led to discoveries of a variety of elasto-quantum effects on emergent phenomena. It has become increasingly critical to have the capability of combining thein situstrain tuning with x-ray techniques, especially those based on synchrotrons, to probe the microscopic elasto-responses of the lattice, spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom. Herein, we briefly review the recent studies that embarked on utilizing elasto-x-ray characterizations on representative material systems and demonstrated the emerging opportunities enabled by this method. With that, we further discuss the promising prospect in this rising area of quantum materials research and the bright future of elasto-x-ray techniques.
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- Han Zhang
- Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213001, People's Republic of China
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States of America
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Feng Y, Lou J, Chen Y. Superconducting and charge-ordered states in the anisotropic t-J-U model. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1416. [PMID: 38228755 PMCID: PMC10792048 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51829-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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Motivated by the effect of symmetry breaking in cuprates superconductors YBa[Formula: see text]Cu[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text], we employ the renormalized mean-field theory to study the presence of uniform superconducting and charge-ordered states in two anisotropic t-J-U models, either with hopping strength anisotropy or antiferromagnetic interaction anisotropy. In the case of uniform superconducting state, compared with the isotropic t-J-U model with only [Formula: see text]-wave superconducting state, there is an additional s-wave superconducting state in the model with hopping strength anisotropy. Meanwhile, the hopping anisotropy may enhance the critical Coulomb interaction [Formula: see text] at the Mott insulator to the Gossamer superconductor transition point, and strong hopping anisotropy may weaken the superconducting state. In the case of a charge-ordered state, hopping anisotropy may suppress the amplitude of the charge density waves and pair density waves, which originate from local Coulomb interactions. These results indicate that the effects of hopping anisotropy and local Coulomb interactions are competitive. Moreover, the antiferromagnetic interaction anisotropy only weakly suppresses the superconducting gap and density wave amplitude. Our results show that the t-J-U model with hopping anisotropy is qualitatively consistent with experimental superconducting pair symmetry and charge density waves in the YBa[Formula: see text]Cu[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text] system.
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- Yifan Feng
- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Guguchia Z, Das D, Simutis G, Adachi T, Küspert J, Kitajima N, Elender M, Grinenko V, Ivashko O, Zimmermann MV, Müller M, Mielke C, Hotz F, Mudry C, Baines C, Bartkowiak M, Shiroka T, Koike Y, Amato A, Hicks CW, Gu GD, Tranquada JM, Klauss HH, Chang JJ, Janoschek M, Luetkens H. Designing the stripe-ordered cuprate phase diagram through uniaxial-stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2303423120. [PMID: 38150501 PMCID: PMC10769840 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2303423120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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The ability to efficiently control charge and spin in the cuprate high-temperature superconductors is crucial for fundamental research and underpins technological development. Here, we explore the tunability of magnetism, superconductivity, and crystal structure in the stripe phase of the cuprate La[Formula: see text]Ba[Formula: see text]CuO[Formula: see text], with [Formula: see text] = 0.115 and 0.135, by employing temperature-dependent (down to 400 mK) muon-spin rotation and AC susceptibility, as well as X-ray scattering experiments under compressive uniaxial stress in the CuO[Formula: see text] plane. A sixfold increase of the three-dimensional (3D) superconducting critical temperature [Formula: see text] and a full recovery of the 3D phase coherence is observed in both samples with the application of extremely low uniaxial stress of [Formula: see text]0.1 GPa. This finding demonstrates the removal of the well-known 1/8-anomaly of cuprates by uniaxial stress. On the other hand, the spin-stripe order temperature as well as the magnetic fraction at 400 mK show only a modest decrease under stress. Moreover, the onset temperatures of 3D superconductivity and spin-stripe order are very similar in the large stress regime. However, strain produces an inhomogeneous suppression of the spin-stripe order at elevated temperatures. Namely, a substantial decrease of the magnetic volume fraction and a full suppression of the low-temperature tetragonal structure is found under stress, which is a necessary condition for the development of the 3D superconducting phase with optimal [Formula: see text]. Our results evidence a remarkable cooperation between the long-range static spin-stripe order and the underlying crystalline order with the three-dimensional fully coherent superconductivity. Overall, these results suggest that the stripe- and the SC order may have a common physical mechanism.
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- Z. Guguchia
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo102-8554, Japan
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, CH-8057Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Applied Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Pudong, 201210Shanghai, China
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607Hamburg, Germany
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- Condensed Matter Theory Group, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Condensed Matter Theory Group, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, LausanneCH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
- Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich, CH-8093Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Applied Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187Dresden, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, BirminghamB15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY11973
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY11973
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- Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universitat Dresden, D-01069Dresden, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, CH-8057Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, CH-8057Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232Villigen, Switzerland
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Simutis G, Bollhalder A, Zolliker M, Küspert J, Wang Q, Das D, Van Leeuwen F, Ivashko O, Gutowski O, Philippe J, Kracht T, Glaevecke P, Adachi T, V Zimmermann M, Van Petegem S, Luetkens H, Guguchia Z, Chang J, Sassa Y, Bartkowiak M, Janoschek M. In situ uniaxial pressure cell for x-ray and neutron scattering experiments. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2023; 94:013906. [PMID: 36725613 DOI: 10.1063/5.0114892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We present an in situ uniaxial pressure device optimized for small angle x-ray and neutron scattering experiments at low-temperatures and high magnetic fields. A stepper motor generates force, which is transmitted to the sample via a rod with an integrated transducer that continuously monitors the force. The device has been designed to generate forces up to 200 N in both compressive and tensile configurations, and a feedback control allows operating the system in a continuous-pressure mode as the temperature is changed. The uniaxial pressure device can be used for various instruments and multiple cryostats through simple and exchangeable adapters. It is compatible with multiple sample holders, which can be easily changed depending on the sample properties and the desired experiment and allow rapid sample changes.
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- G Simutis
- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Sophia University, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Structure and Mechanics of Advanced Materials, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron and Muon Instrumentation, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Pandey S, Zhang H, Yang J, May AF, Sanchez JJ, Liu Z, Chu JH, Kim JW, Ryan PJ, Zhou H, Liu J. Controllable Emergent Spatial Spin Modulation in Sr_{2}IrO_{4} by In Situ Shear Strain. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:027203. [PMID: 35867461 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.027203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Symmetric anisotropic interaction can be ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic at the same time but for different crystallographic axes. We show that the competition of anisotropic interactions of orthogonal irreducible representations can be a general route to obtain new exotic magnetic states. We demonstrate it here by observing the emergence of a continuously tunable 12-layer spatial spin modulation when distorting the square-lattice planes in the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnetic Sr_{2}IrO_{4} under in situ shear strain. This translation-symmetry-breaking phase is a result of an unusual strain-activated anisotropic interaction which is at the fourth order and competing with the inherent quadratic anisotropic interaction. Such a mechanism of competing anisotropy is distinct from that among the ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and/or the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, and it could be widely applicable and highly controllable in low-dimensional magnets.
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- Shashi Pandey
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
- School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin 11, Ireland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Najev A, Hameed S, Gautreau D, Wang Z, Joe J, Požek M, Birol T, Fernandes RM, Greven M, Pelc D. Uniaxial Strain Control of Bulk Ferromagnetism in Rare-Earth Titanates. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:167201. [PMID: 35522519 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.167201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The perovskite rare-earth titanates are model Mott insulators with magnetic ground states that are very sensitive to structural distortions. These distortions couple strongly to the orbital degrees of freedom and, in principle, it should be possible to tune the superexchange and the magnetic transition with strain. We investigate the representative system (Y,La,Ca)TiO_{3}, which exhibits low crystallographic symmetry and no structural instabilities. From magnetic susceptibility measurements of the Curie temperature, we demonstrate direct, reversible, and continuous control of ferromagnetism by influencing the TiO_{6} octahedral tilts and rotations with uniaxial strain. The relative change in T_{C} as a function of strain is well described by ab initio calculations, which provides detailed understanding of the complex interactions among structural, orbital, and magnetic properties in rare-earth titanates. The demonstrated manipulation of octahedral distortions opens up far-reaching possibilities for investigations of electron-lattice coupling, competing ground states, and magnetic quantum phase transitions in a wide range of quantum materials.
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- A Najev
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Observation of Cu Spin Fluctuations in High- Tc Cuprate Superconductor Nanoparticles Investigated by Muon Spin Relaxation. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11123450. [PMID: 34947799 PMCID: PMC8706420 DOI: 10.3390/nano11123450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The nano-size effects of high-Tc cuprate superconductor La2-xSrxCuO4 with x = 0.20 are investigated using X-ray diffractometry, Transmission electron microscopy, and muon-spin relaxation (μSR). It is investigated whether an increase in the bond distance of Cu and O atoms in the conducting layer compared to those of the bulk state might affect its physical and magnetic properties. The μSR measurements revealed the slowing down of Cu spin fluctuations in La2-xSrxCuO4 nanoparticles, indicating the development of a magnetic correlation at low temperatures. The magnetic correlation strengthens as the particle size reduces. This significantly differs from those observed in the bulk form, which show a superconducting state below Tc. It is indicated that reducing the particle size of La2-xSrxCuO4 down to nanometer size causes the appearance of magnetism. The magnetism enhances with decreasing particle size.
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Topological Doping and Superconductivity in Cuprates: An Experimental Perspective. Symmetry (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/sym13122365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hole doping into a correlated antiferromagnet leads to topological stripe correlations, involving charge stripes that separate antiferromagnetic spin stripes of opposite phases. The topological spin stripe order causes the spin degrees of freedom within the charge stripes to feel a geometric frustration with their environment. In the case of cuprates, where the charge stripes have the character of a hole-doped two-leg spin ladder, with corresponding pairing correlations, anti-phase Josephson coupling across the spin stripes can lead to a pair-density-wave order in which the broken translation symmetry of the superconducting wave function is accommodated by pairs with finite momentum. This scenario is now experimentally verified by recently reported measurements on La2−xBaxCuO4 with x=1/8. While pair-density-wave order is not common as a cuprate ground state, it provides a basis for understanding the uniform d-wave order that is more typical in superconducting cuprates.
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Ghosh S, Brückner F, Nikitin A, Grinenko V, Elender M, Mackenzie AP, Luetkens H, Klauss HH, Hicks CW. Piezoelectric-driven uniaxial pressure cell for muon spin relaxation and neutron scattering experiments. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2020; 91:103902. [PMID: 33138607 DOI: 10.1063/5.0025307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present a piezoelectric-driven uniaxial pressure cell that is optimized for muon spin relaxation and neutron scattering experiments and that is operable over a wide temperature range including cryogenic temperatures. To accommodate the large samples required for these measurement techniques, the cell is designed to generate forces up to ∼1000 N. To minimize the background signal, the space around the sample is kept as open as possible. We demonstrate here that by mounting plate-like samples with epoxy, a uniaxial stress exceeding 1 GPa can be achieved in an active volume of at least 5 mm3. We show that for practical operation, it is important to monitor both the force and displacement applied to the sample. In addition, because time is critical during facility experiments, samples are mounted in detachable holders that can be rapidly exchanged. The piezoelectric actuators are likewise contained in an exchangeable cartridge.
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- Shreenanda Ghosh
- Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technical University of Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technical University of Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technical University of Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, Technical University of Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
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