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Patel BK, Ye F, Liyanage WLNC, Buchanan CC, Gilbert DA, Kolis JW, Sanjeewa LD. Large magnetic anisotropy of a decorated spin-chain system K 2Co 3(MoO 4) 3(OH) 2. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:6592-6600. [PMID: 38375683 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00203b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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The magnetic structure of K2Co3(MoO4)3(OH)2 is studied in detail. The material has a half-sawtooth one-dimensional (1-D) structure containing two unique Co2+ ions, one in the chain backbone and one on the apex of the sawtooth creating a series of isosceles triangles along the b-axis. These triangles can be a source of magnetic frustration. The ability to grow large single crystals enables detailed magnetic measurements with the crystals oriented in a magnetic field along the respective axes. It has a Curie-Weiss temperature θCW of 5.3(2) K with an effective magnetic moment of 4.8(3)μB/Co. The material is highly anisotropic with a sharp antiferromagnetic ordering transition at 7 K with a metamagnetic transition at 2 kOe. Neutron diffraction was used to determine the magnetic structure and revealed a magnetic structure with canted spins along the backbone of the chain while spins along the sawtooth caps maintained a colinear orientation, arranging antiferromagnetically relative to the backbone spins. The parallel chains arrange antiferromagnetically relative to each other along the c-axis and ferromagnetically along the a-axis.
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- Bhakti K Patel
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA
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- University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Li Y, Phelan D, Ye F, Zheng H, Krivyakina E, Samarakoon A, LaBarre PG, Neu J, Siegrist T, Rosenkranz S, Syzranov SV, Ramirez AP. Evolution of magnetic surfboards and spin glass behavior in (Fe 1-pGa p) 2TiO 5. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 35:475401. [PMID: 37557895 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aceede] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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The unusual anisotropy of the spin glass (SG) transition in the pseudobrookite system Fe2TiO5has been interpreted as arising from an induced, van der Waals-like, interaction among magnetic clusters. Here we present susceptibility (χ) and specific heat data (C) for Fe2TiO5diluted with non-magnetic Ga, (Fe1-pGap)2TiO5, for disorder parameterp= 0, 0.11, and 0.42, and elastic neutron scattering data forp= 0.20. A uniform suppression ofTgis observed upon increasingp, along with a value ofχTgthat increases asTgdecreases, i.e.dχ(Tg)/dTg<0We also observeCT∝T2in the low temperature limit. The observed behavior places (Fe1-pGap)2TiO5in the category of a strongly geometrically frustrated SG.
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- Y Li
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, United States of America
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, United States of America
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, United States of America
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, United States of America
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, United States of America
- Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, United States of America
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, United States of America
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- Physics Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States of America
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
- Nuclear Nonproliferation Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States of America
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, United States of America
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- Physics Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States of America
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- Physics Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States of America
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Gao B, Chen T, Wu XC, Flynn M, Duan C, Chen L, Huang CL, Liebman J, Li S, Ye F, Stone MB, Podlesnyak A, Abernathy DL, Adroja DT, Duc Le M, Huang Q, Nevidomskyy AH, Morosan E, Balents L, Dai P. Diffusive excitonic bands from frustrated triangular sublattice in a singlet-ground-state system. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2051. [PMID: 37045810 PMCID: PMC10097669 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37669-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Magnetic order in most materials occurs when magnetic ions with finite moments arrange in a particular pattern below the ordering temperature. Intriguingly, if the crystal electric field (CEF) effect results in a spin-singlet ground state, a magnetic order can still occur due to the exchange interactions between neighboring ions admixing the excited CEF levels. The magnetic excitations in such a state are spin excitons generally dispersionless in reciprocal space. Here we use neutron scattering to study stoichiometric Ni2Mo3O8, where Ni2+ ions form a bipartite honeycomb lattice comprised of two triangular lattices, with ions subject to the tetrahedral and octahedral crystalline environment, respectively. We find that in both types of ions, the CEF excitations have nonmagnetic singlet ground states, yet the material has magnetic order. Furthermore, CEF spin excitons from the tetrahedral sites form a dispersive diffusive pattern around the Brillouin zone boundary, likely due to spin entanglement and geometric frustrations.
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- Bin Gao
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Quantum Frontiers of Research & Technology (QFort), National Cheng Kung University, 701, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
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Sandemann JR, Grønbech TBE, Støckler KAH, Ye F, Chakoumakos BC, Iversen BB. Direct Visualization of Magnetic Correlations in Frustrated Spinel ZnFe 2 O 4. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2207152. [PMID: 36418017 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Magnetic materials with the spinel structure (A2+ B3+ 2 O4 ) form the core of numerous magnetic devices, and ZnFe2 O4 constitutes a peculiar example where the nature of the magnetism is still unresolved. Susceptibility measurements revealed a cusp around Tc = 13 K resembling an antiferromagnetic transition, despite the positive Curie-Weiss temperature determined to be ΘCW = 102.8(1) K. Bifurcation of field-cooled and zero-field-cooled data below Tc in conjunction with a frequency dependence of the peak position and a non-zero imaginary component below Tc shows it is in fact associated with a spin-glass transition. Highly structured magnetic diffuse neutron scattering from single crystals develops between 50 K and 25 K revealing the presence of magnetic disorder which is correlated in nature. Here, the 3D-mΔPDF method is used to visualize the local magnetic ordering preferences, and ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor and antiferromagnetic third nearest-neighbor correlations are shown to be dominant. Their temperature dependence is extraordinary with some flipping in sign and a strongly varying correlation length. The correlations can be explained by orbital interaction mechanisms for the magnetic pathways and a preferred spin cluster. This study demonstrates the power of the 3D-mΔPDF method in visualizing complex quantum phenomena thereby providing a way to obtain an atomic-scale understanding of magnetic frustration.
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- Jonas Ruby Sandemann
- Center for Integrated Materials Research, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Center for Integrated Materials Research, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, USA
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- Center for Integrated Materials Research, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark
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Ott F. Pseudo-random time modulation technique for neutron diffraction instruments on compact accelerator-driven neutron sources. JOURNAL OF NEUTRON RESEARCH 2023. [DOI: 10.3233/jnr-220042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Time modulation methods are routinely used on neutron scattering time-of-flight instruments, which exploit the time structure of neutron pulses for energy determination. In the past, complex time modulation methods were proposed, either to maximize the neutron flux which can be used, or to increase the energy resolution of the measurements. In this article, we explore the possibilities offered by such methods and in particular random modulation using statistical choppers to improve the performances of the DIoGENE scattering instrument installed around the IPHI-neutron CANS source at Saclay. We conclude that when the source is operated in continuous mode, the implementation of a statistical chopper is very efficient to perform either metallurgical studies such as strain scanning or phase transition studies. Random modulation techniques may be easily and efficiently implemented because the high capacity of modern computers enables high-speed data processing from large surface pixelated detectors.
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- Frédéric Ott
- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Gao S, Pokharel G, May AF, Paddison JAM, Pasco C, Liu Y, Taddei KM, Calder S, Mandrus DG, Stone MB, Christianson AD. Line-Graph Approach to Spiral Spin Liquids. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:237202. [PMID: 36563188 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.237202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Competition among exchange interactions is able to induce novel spin correlations on a bipartite lattice without geometrical frustration. A prototype example is the spiral spin liquid, which is a correlated paramagnetic state characterized by subdimensional degenerate propagation vectors. Here, using spectral graph theory, we show that spiral spin liquids on a bipartite lattice can be approximated by a further-neighbor model on the corresponding line-graph lattice that is nonbipartite, thus broadening the space of candidate materials that may support the spiral spin liquid phases. As illustrations, we examine neutron scattering experiments performed on two spinel compounds, ZnCr_{2}Se_{4} and CuInCr_{4}Se_{8}, to demonstrate the feasibility of this new approach and expose its possible limitations in experimental realizations.
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- Shang Gao
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Unconventional short-range structural fluctuations in cuprate superconductors. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20483. [DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22150-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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AbstractThe interplay between structural and electronic degrees of freedom in complex materials is the subject of extensive debate in physics and materials science. Particularly interesting questions pertain to the nature and extent of pre-transitional short-range order in diverse systems ranging from shape-memory alloys to unconventional superconductors, and how this microstructure affects macroscopic properties. Here we use neutron and X-ray diffuse scattering to uncover universal structural fluctuations in La2-xSrxCuO4 and Tl2Ba2CuO6+δ, two cuprate superconductors with distinct point disorder effects and with optimal superconducting transition temperatures that differ by more than a factor of two. The fluctuations are present in wide doping and temperature ranges, including compositions that maintain high average structural symmetry, and they exhibit unusual, yet simple scaling behaviour. The scaling regime is robust and universal, similar to the well-known critical fluctuations close to second-order phase transitions, but with a distinctly different physical origin. We relate this behaviour to pre-transitional phenomena in a broad class of systems with structural and magnetic transitions, and propose an explanation based on rare structural fluctuations caused by intrinsic nanoscale inhomogeneity. We also uncover parallels with superconducting fluctuations, which indicates that the underlying inhomogeneity plays an important role in cuprate physics.
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Savici AT, Gigg MA, Arnold O, Tolchenov R, Whitfield RE, Hahn SE, Zhou W, Zaliznyak IA. Efficient data reduction for time-of-flight neutron scattering experiments on single crystals. J Appl Crystallogr 2022; 55:1514-1527. [PMID: 36570664 PMCID: PMC9721335 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576722009645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Event-mode data collection presents remarkable new opportunities for time-of-flight neutron scattering studies of collective excitations, diffuse scattering from short-range atomic and magnetic structures, and neutron crystallography. In these experiments, large volumes of the reciprocal space are surveyed, often using different wavelengths and counting times. These data then have to be added together, with accurate propagation of the counting errors. This paper presents a statistically correct way of adding and histogramming the data for single-crystal time-of-flight neutron scattering measurements. In order to gain a broader community acceptance, particular attention is given to improving the efficiency of calculations.
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- Andrei T. Savici
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA,Correspondence e-mail:
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- ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK,Tessella Ltd, Abingdon, UK
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- ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK,Tessella Ltd, Abingdon, UK
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- ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK,Tessella Ltd, Abingdon, UK
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA,Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA,Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA,Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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Controlling inversion disorder in a stoichiometric spinel magnet. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2208748119. [PMID: 36256823 PMCID: PMC9618041 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208748119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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While disorder is an inalienable characteristic of real crystalline materials, the capability of controlling various types of disorder often strongly influences our understanding of science and the advancement of technology. Magnetic spinel represents a class of materials with a pyrochlore-structured sublattice to potentially host three-dimensional spin frustration but is strongly influenced by the inversion disorder of two similarly sized cation species. While it remains challenging to experimentally differentiate these two characteristics, here we mitigate the disorder issue at the crystal growth stage. Our independent control of both stoichiometry and inversion disorder clarifies both magnetism and structure in a spinel oxide of interest for seven decades. In the study of frustrated quantum magnets, it is essential to be able to control the nature and degree of site disorder during the growth process, as many measurement techniques are incapable of distinguishing between site disorder and frustration-induced spin disorder. Pyrochlore-structured spinel oxides can serve as model systems of geometrically frustrated three-dimensional quantum magnets; however, the nature of the magnetism in one well-studied spinel, ZnFe2O4, remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate simultaneous control of both stoichiometry and inversion disorder in the growth of ZnFe2O4 single crystals, directly yielding a revised understanding of both the collective spin behavior and lattice symmetry. Crystals grown in the stoichiometric limit with minimal site inversion disorder contravene all the previously suggested exotic spin phases in ZnFe2O4. Furthermore, the structure is confirmed on the F4¯3m space group with broken inversion symmetry that induces antiferroelectricity. The effective tuning of magnetic behavior by site disorder in the presence of robust antiferroelectricity makes ZnFe2O4 of special interest to multiferroic devices.
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Discovery of charge density wave in a kagome lattice antiferromagnet. Nature 2022; 609:490-495. [PMID: 36104552 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05034-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A hallmark of strongly correlated quantum materials is the rich phase diagram resulting from competing and intertwined phases with nearly degenerate ground-state energies1,2. A well-known example is the copper oxides, in which a charge density wave (CDW) is ordered well above and strongly coupled to the magnetic order to form spin-charge-separated stripes that compete with superconductivity1,2. Recently, such rich phase diagrams have also been shown in correlated topological materials. In 2D kagome lattice metals consisting of corner-sharing triangles, the geometry of the lattice can produce flat bands with localized electrons3,4, non-trivial topology5-7, chiral magnetic order8,9, superconductivity and CDW order10-15. Although CDW has been found in weakly electron-correlated non-magnetic AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs)10-15, it has not yet been observed in correlated magnetic-ordered kagome lattice metals4,16-21. Here we report the discovery of CDW in the antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordered phase of kagome lattice FeGe (refs. 16-19). The CDW in FeGe occurs at wavevectors identical to that of AV3Sb5 (refs. 10-15), enhances the AFM ordered moment and induces an emergent anomalous Hall effect22,23. Our findings suggest that CDW in FeGe arises from the combination of electron-correlations-driven AFM order and van Hove singularities (vHSs)-driven instability possibly associated with a chiral flux phase24-28, in stark contrast to strongly correlated copper oxides1,2 and nickelates29-31, in which the CDW precedes or accompanies the magnetic order.
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Chen H, Gao J, Chen L, Wang G, Li H, Wang Y, Liu J, Wang J, Geng D, Zhang Q, Sheng J, Ye F, Qian T, Chen L, Weng H, Ma J, Chen X. Topological Crystalline Insulator Candidate ErAsS with Hourglass Fermion and Magnetic-Tuned Topological Phase Transition. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2110664. [PMID: 35680130 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202110664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) with hourglass fermion surface state have attracted a lot of attention and are further enriched by crystalline symmetries and magnetic order. Here, the emergence of hourglass fermion surface state and exotic phases in the newly discovered, air-stable ErAsS single crystals are shown. In the paramagnetic phase, ErAsS is expected to be a TCI with hourglass fermion surface state protected by the nonsymmorphic symmetry. Dirac-cone-like bands and nearly linear dispersions in large energy range are experimentally observed, consistent well with theoretical calculations. Below TN ≈ 3.27 K, ErAsS enters a collinear antiferromagnetic state, which is a trivial insulator breaking the time-reversal symmetry. An intermediate incommensurate magnetic state appears in a narrow temperature range (3.27-3.65 K), exhibiting an abrupt change in magnetic coupling. The results reveal that ErAsS is an experimentally available TCI candidate and provide a unique platform to understand the formation of hourglass fermion surface state and explore magnetic-tuned topological phase transitions.
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- Hongxiang Chen
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen-PSI, 5232, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-Nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-Nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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Støckler KAH, Roth N, Grønbech TBE, Iversen BB. Epitaxial intergrowths and local oxide relaxations in natural bixbyite Fe 2-x Mn x O 3. IUCRJ 2022; 9:523-532. [PMID: 35844472 PMCID: PMC9252160 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252522006315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The scattering pattern of a crystal obeys the symmetry of the crystal structure through the corresponding Laue group. This is usually also true for the diffuse scattering, containing information about disorder, but here a case is reported where the diffuse scattering is of lower symmetry than the parent crystal structure. The mineral bixbyite has been studied by X-ray and neutron scattering techniques since 1928 with some of the most recent studies characterizing the low-temperature transition to a magnetically disordered spin-glass state. However, bixbyite also exhibits structural disorder, and here single-crystal X-ray and neutron scattering is used to characterize the different modes of disorder present. One-dimensional rods of diffuse scattering are observed in the cubic mineral bixbyite, which break the expected symmetry of the scattering pattern. It is shown that this scattering arises from epitaxial intergrowths of the related mineral, braunite. The presence of this disorder mode is found to be directly observable as well-defined residuals in the average structure refined against the Bragg diffraction. An additional three-dimensional diffuse scattering component is observed in neutron scattering data, which is shown to originate from the substitutional disorder on the Fe/Mn sites. This occupational disorder gives rise to local relaxations of the oxide sublattice, and the pattern of oxide displacements can be rationalized based on crystal-field theory. The combined use of neutron and X-ray single-crystal scattering techniques highlights their great complementarity. In particular, the large sample requirements for neutron scattering experiments prove to be an obstacle in solving the intergrowth disorder due to several growth orientations, whereas for X-ray scattering the one-dimensional nature of the intergrowth disorder renders solving this a more tractable task. On the other hand, the oxide relaxations cannot be resolved using X-rays due to the low Mn/Fe contrast. By combining the two approaches both types of disorder have been characterized.
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- Kristoffer Andreas Holm Støckler
- Center for Integrated Materials Research, Deparetment of Chemistry and iNANOAarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Center for Integrated Materials Research, Deparetment of Chemistry and iNANOAarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Center for Integrated Materials Research, Deparetment of Chemistry and iNANOAarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Center for Integrated Materials Research, Deparetment of Chemistry and iNANOAarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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Gao S, McGuire MA, Liu Y, Abernathy DL, Cruz CD, Frontzek M, Stone MB, Christianson AD. Spiral Spin Liquid on a Honeycomb Lattice. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:227201. [PMID: 35714254 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.227201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Spiral spin liquids are correlated paramagnetic states with degenerate propagation vectors forming a continuous ring or surface in reciprocal space. On the honeycomb lattice, spiral spin liquids present a novel route to realize emergent fracton excitations, quantum spin liquids, and topological spin textures, yet experimental realizations remain elusive. Here, using neutron scattering, we show that a spiral spin liquid is realized in the van der Waals honeycomb magnet FeCl_{3}. A continuous ring of scattering is directly observed, which indicates the emergence of an approximate U(1) symmetry in momentum space. Our work demonstrates that spiral spin liquids can be achieved in two-dimensional systems and provides a promising platform to study the fracton physics in spiral spin liquids.
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- Shang Gao
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Hong T, Ying T, Huang Q, Dissanayake SE, Qiu Y, Turnbull MM, Podlesnyak AA, Wu Y, Cao H, Liu Y, Umehara I, Gouchi J, Uwatoko Y, Matsuda M, Tennant DA, Chern GW, Schmidt KP, Wessel S. Evidence for pressure induced unconventional quantum criticality in the coupled spin ladder antiferromagnet C 9H 18N 2CuBr 4. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3073. [PMID: 35654798 PMCID: PMC9163114 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30769-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Quantum phase transitions in quantum matter occur at zero temperature between distinct ground states by tuning a nonthermal control parameter. Often, they can be accurately described within the Landau theory of phase transitions, similarly to conventional thermal phase transitions. However, this picture can break down under certain circumstances. Here, we present a comprehensive study of the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the magnetic structure and spin dynamics of the spin-1/2 ladder compound C9H18N2CuBr4. Single-crystal heat capacity and neutron diffraction measurements reveal that the Néel-ordered phase breaks down beyond a critical pressure of Pc ∼ 1.0 GPa through a continuous quantum phase transition. Estimates of the critical exponents suggest that this transition may fall outside the traditional Landau paradigm. The inelastic neutron scattering spectra at 1.3 GPa are characterized by two well-separated gapped modes, including one continuum-like and another resolution-limited excitation in distinct scattering channels, which further indicates an exotic quantum-disordered phase above Pc. There is a class of quantum phase transitions that do not fit into the traditional Landau paradigm, but are described in terms of fractionalized degrees of freedom and emergent gauge fields. Hong et al. find evidence of such a transition in a molecular spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic ladder compound under hydrostatic pressure.
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- Tao Hong
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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- School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001, Harbin, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14617, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 01610, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.,Second Target Station, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8581, Japan
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstrasse 7, Erlangen, D-91058, Germany
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- Theoretische Festkörperphysik, JARA-FIT and JARA-HPC, RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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Hameed S, Pelc D, Anderson ZW, Klein A, Spieker RJ, Yue L, Das B, Ramberger J, Lukas M, Liu Y, Krogstad MJ, Osborn R, Li Y, Leighton C, Fernandes RM, Greven M. Enhanced superconductivity and ferroelectric quantum criticality in plastically deformed strontium titanate. NATURE MATERIALS 2022; 21:54-61. [PMID: 34608284 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01102-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The properties of quantum materials are commonly tuned using experimental variables such as pressure, magnetic field and doping. Here we explore a different approach using irreversible, plastic deformation of single crystals. We show that compressive plastic deformation induces low-dimensional superconductivity well above the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of undeformed SrTiO3, with evidence of possible superconducting correlations at temperatures two orders of magnitude above the bulk Tc. The enhanced superconductivity is correlated with the appearance of self-organized dislocation structures, as revealed by diffuse neutron and X-ray scattering. We also observe deformation-induced signatures of quantum-critical ferroelectric fluctuations and inhomogeneous ferroelectric order using Raman scattering. Our results suggest that strain surrounding the self-organized dislocation structures induces local ferroelectricity and quantum-critical dynamics that strongly influence Tc, consistent with a theory of superconductivity enhanced by soft polar fluctuations. Our results demonstrate the potential of plastic deformation and dislocation engineering for the manipulation of electronic properties of quantum materials.
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- S Hameed
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Morgan ZJ, Zhou HD, Chakoumakos BC, Ye F. rmc-discord: reverse Monte Carlo refinement of diffuse scattering and correlated disorder from single crystals. J Appl Crystallogr 2021; 54:1867-1885. [PMID: 34963773 PMCID: PMC8662963 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576721010141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A user-friendly Python-based program has been developed to analyze diffuse scattering from single crystals with the reverse Monte Carlo method. The approach allows for refinement of correlated disorder from atomistic supercells with magnetic or structural (occupational and/or displacive) disorder. A user-friendly program has been developed to analyze diffuse scattering from single crystals with the reverse Monte Carlo method. The approach allows for refinement of correlated disorder from atomistic supercells with magnetic or structural (occupational and/or displacive) disorder. The program is written in Python and optimized for performance and efficiency. Refinements of two user cases obtained with legacy neutron-scattering data demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach and the developed program. It is shown with bixbyite, a naturally occurring magnetic mineral, that the calculated three-dimensional spin-pair correlations are resolved with finer real-space resolution compared with the pair distribution function calculated directly from the reciprocal-space pattern. With the triangular lattice Ba3Co2O6(CO3)0.7, refinements of occupational and displacive disorder are combined to extract the one-dimensional intra-chain correlations of carbonate molecules that move toward neighboring vacant sites to accommodate strain induced by electrostatic interactions. The program is packaged with a graphical user interface and extensible to serve the needs of single-crystal diffractometer instruments that collect diffuse-scattering data.
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- Zachary J Morgan
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Doucet M, Samarakoon AM, Do C, Heller WT, Archibald R, Alan Tennant D, Proffen T, Granroth GE. Machine learning for neutron scattering at ORNL *. MACHINE LEARNING: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/abcf88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Machine learning (ML) offers exciting new opportunities to extract more information from scattering data. At neutron scattering user facilities, ML has the potential to help accelerate scientific productivity by empowering facility users with insight into their data which has traditionally been supplied by scattering experts. Such support can help in both speeding up common modeling problems for users, as well as help solve harder problems that are normally time consuming and difficult to address with standard methods. This article explores the recent ML work undertaken at Oak Ridge National Laboratory involving neutron scattering data. We cover materials structure modeling for diffuse scattering, powder diffraction, and small-angle scattering. We also discuss how ML can help to model the response of the instrument more precisely, as well as enable quick extraction of information from neutron data. The application of super-resolution techniques to small-angle scattering and peak extraction for diffraction will be discussed.
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Magnetic crystalline-symmetry-protected axion electrodynamics and field-tunable unpinned Dirac cones in EuIn 2As 2. Nat Commun 2021; 12:999. [PMID: 33579928 PMCID: PMC7881193 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21154-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Knowledge of magnetic symmetry is vital for exploiting nontrivial surface states of magnetic topological materials. EuIn2As2 is an excellent example, as it is predicted to have collinear antiferromagnetic order where the magnetic moment direction determines either a topological-crystalline-insulator phase supporting axion electrodynamics or a higher-order-topological-insulator phase with chiral hinge states. Here, we use neutron diffraction, symmetry analysis, and density functional theory results to demonstrate that EuIn2As2 actually exhibits low-symmetry helical antiferromagnetic order which makes it a stoichiometric magnetic topological-crystalline axion insulator protected by the combination of a 180∘ rotation and time-reversal symmetries: \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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Krogstad M. Making sense of vacancy correlations with single-crystal diffuse scattering data. IUCRJ 2020; 7:579-580. [PMID: 32695407 PMCID: PMC7340265 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252520008544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The results of Roth et al. [IUCrJ (2020). 7, 673-680] provide a clear picture of occupational correlations in half-Heusler compounds.
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- Matthew Krogstad
- Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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Kotegawa H, Matsuda M, Ye F, Tani Y, Uda K, Kuwata Y, Tou H, Matsuoka E, Sugawara H, Sakurai T, Ohta H, Harima H, Takeda K, Hayashi J, Araki S, Kobayashi TC. Helimagnetic Structure and Heavy-Fermion-Like Behavior in the Vicinity of the Quantum Critical Point in Mn_{3}P. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:087202. [PMID: 32167310 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.087202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Antiferromagnet Mn_{3}P with Neel temperature T_{N}=30 K is composed of Mn tetrahedrons and zigzag chains formed by three inequivalent Mn sites. Due to the nearly frustrated lattice with many short Mn-Mn bonds, competition of the exchange interactions is expected. We here investigate the magnetic structure and physical properties including pressure effect in single crystals of this material, and reveal a complex yet well-ordered helimagnetic structure. The itinerant character of this materials is strong, and the ordered state with small magnetic moments is easily suppressed under pressure, exhibiting a quantum critical point at ∼1.6 GPa. The remarkable mass renormalization, even in the ordered state, and an incoherent-coherent crossover in the low-temperature region, characterize an unusual electronic state in Mn_{3}P, which is most likely effected by the underlying frustration effect.
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 658-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 658-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 658-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 658-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 658-8530, Japan
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- Research Facility Center for Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 658-8530, Japan
- Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe 658-8530, Japan
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- Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan
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- Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Samarakoon AM, Barros K, Li YW, Eisenbach M, Zhang Q, Ye F, Sharma V, Dun ZL, Zhou H, Grigera SA, Batista CD, Tennant DA. Machine-learning-assisted insight into spin ice Dy 2Ti 2O 7. Nat Commun 2020; 11:892. [PMID: 32060263 PMCID: PMC7021707 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14660-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Complex behavior poses challenges in extracting models from experiment. An example is spin liquid formation in frustrated magnets like Dy2Ti2O7. Understanding has been hindered by issues including disorder, glass formation, and interpretation of scattering data. Here, we use an automated capability to extract model Hamiltonians from data, and to identify different magnetic regimes. This involves training an autoencoder to learn a compressed representation of three-dimensional diffuse scattering, over a wide range of spin Hamiltonians. The autoencoder finds optimal matches according to scattering and heat capacity data and provides confidence intervals. Validation tests indicate that our optimal Hamiltonian accurately predicts temperature and field dependence of both magnetic structure and magnetization, as well as glass formation and irreversibility in Dy2Ti2O7. The autoencoder can also categorize different magnetic behaviors and eliminate background noise and artifacts in raw data. Our methodology is readily applicable to other materials and types of scattering problems. Developing an understanding of a material’s magnetic behaviour based on neutron scattering measurements often relies on extracting an effective spin model. Samarakoon et al. demonstrate an automated machine learning approach to this problem, leading to more robust inferences from complex data.
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- Anjana M Samarakoon
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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- Theoretical Division and CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.,Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Instituto de Física de Líquidos y Sistemas Biológicos, UNLP-CONICET, La Plata, Argentina.,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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Weng J, Dill ED, Martin JD, Whitfield R, Hoffmann C, Ye F. K-space algorithmic reconstruction (KAREN): a robust statistical methodology to separate Bragg and diffuse scattering. J Appl Crystallogr 2020. [DOI: 10.1107/s1600576719017060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Diffuse scattering occurring in the Bragg diffraction pattern of a long-range-ordered structure represents local deviation from the governing regular lattice. However, interpreting the real-space structure from the diffraction pattern presents a significant challenge because of the dramatic difference in intensity between the Bragg and diffuse components of the total scattering function. In contrast to the sharp Bragg diffraction, the diffuse signal has generally been considered to be a weak expansive or continuous background signal. Herein, using 1D and 2D models, it is demonstrated that diffuse scattering in fact consists of a complex array of high-frequency features that must not be averaged into a low-frequency background signal. To evaluate the actual diffuse scattering effectively, an algorithm has been developed that uses robust statistics and traditional signal processing techniques to identify Bragg peaks as signal outliers which can be removed from the overall scattering data and then replaced by statistically valid fill values. This method, described as a `K-space algorithmic reconstruction' (KAREN), can identify Bragg reflections independent of prior knowledge of a system's unit cell. KAREN does not alter any data other than that in the immediate vicinity of the Bragg reflections, and reconstructs the diffuse component surrounding the Bragg peaks without introducing discontinuities which induce Fourier ripples or artifacts from underfilling `punched' voids. The KAREN algorithm for reconstructing diffuse scattering provides demonstrably better resolution than can be obtained from previously described punch-and-fill methods. The superior structural resolution obtained using the KAREN method is demonstrated by evaluating the complex ordered diffuse scattering observed from the neutron diffraction of a single plastic crystal of CBr4 using pair distribution function analysis.
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Smith Pellizzeri TM, Sanjeewa LD, Pellizzeri S, McMillen CD, Garlea VO, Ye F, Sefat AS, Kolis JW. Single crystal neutron and magnetic measurements of Rb 2Mn 3(VO 4) 2CO 3 and K 2Co 3(VO 4) 2CO 3 with mixed honeycomb and triangular magnetic lattices. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:4323-4335. [PMID: 32162631 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt03389k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two new alkali vanadate carbonates with divalent transition metals have been synthesized as large single crystals via a high-temperature (600 °C) hydrothermal technique. Compound I, Rb2Mn3(VO4)2CO3, crystallizes in the trigonal crystal system in the space group P3[combining macron]1c, and compound II, K2Co3(VO4)2CO3, crystallizes in the hexagonal space group P63/m. Both structures contain honeycomb layers and triangular lattices made from edge-sharing MO6 octahedra and MO5 trigonal bipyramids, respectively. The honeycomb and triangular layers are connected along the c-axis through tetrahedral [VO4] groups. The MO5 units are connected with each other by carbonate groups in the ab-plane by forming a triangular magnetic lattice. The difference in space groups between I and II was also investigated with Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. Single crystal magnetic characterization of I indicates three magnetic transitions at 77 K, 2.3 K, and 1.5 K. The corresponding magnetic structures for each magnetic transition of I were determined using single crystal neutron diffraction. At 77 K the compound orders in the MnO6-honeycomb layer in a Néel-type antiferromagnetic orientation while the MnO5 triangular lattice ordered below 2.3 K in a colinear 'up-up-down' fashion, followed by a planar 'Y' type magnetic structure. K2Co3(VO4)2CO3 (II) exhibits a canted antiferromagnetic ordering below TN = 8 K. The Curie-Weiss fit (200-350 K) gives a Curie-Weiss temperature of -42 K suggesting a dominant antiferromagnetic coupling in the Co2+ magnetic sublattices.
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- Tiffany M Smith Pellizzeri
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA. and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA. and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA.
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA.
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Sefat AS, Wang XP, Liu Y, Zou Q, Fu M, Gai Z, Ganesan K, Vohra Y, Li L, Parker DS. Lattice disorder effect on magnetic ordering of iron arsenides. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20147. [PMID: 31882650 PMCID: PMC6934717 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56301-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study investigates magnetic ordering temperature in nano- and mesoscale structural features in an iron arsenide. Although magnetic ground states in quantum materials can be theoretically predicted from known crystal structures and chemical compositions, the ordering temperature is harder to pinpoint due to potential local lattice variations that calculations may not account for. In this work we find surprisingly that a locally disordered material can exhibit a significantly larger Néel temperature (TN) than an ordered material of precisely the same chemical stoichiometry. Here, a EuFe2As2 crystal, which is a ‘122’ parent of iron arsenide superconductors, is found through synthesis to have ordering below TN = 195 K (for the locally disordered crystal) or TN = 175 K (for the ordered crystal). In the higher TN crystals, there are shorter planar Fe-Fe bonds [2.7692(2) Å vs. 2.7745(3) Å], a randomized in-plane defect structure, and diffuse scattering along the [00 L] crystallographic direction that manifests as a rather broad specific heat peak. For the lower TN crystals, the a-lattice parameter is larger and the in-plane microscopic structure shows defect ordering along the antiphase boundaries, giving a larger TN and a higher superconducting temperature (Tc) upon the application of pressure. First-principles calculations find a strong interaction between c-axis strain and interlayer magnetic coupling, but little impact of planar strain on the magnetic order. Neutron single-crystal diffraction shows that the low-temperature magnetic phase transition due to localized Eu moments is not lattice or disorder sensitive, unlike the higher-temperature Fe sublattice ordering. This study demonstrates a higher magnetic ordering point arising from local disorder in 122.
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Mezei F, Caccamo MT, Migliardo F, Magazù S. Resolution-elastic neutron scattering by correlation techniques. J Adv Res 2019; 17:109-116. [PMID: 31193259 PMCID: PMC6526200 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Neutron scattering applications often require discriminating the elastic contribution from the inelastic contribution. For this purpose, correlation spectroscopy offers an effective tool with both pulsed and continuous neutron sources as well as several advantages: the analysis of the neutron velocity distribution can be carried out with a duty factor of 50%, independently on the resolution value; the best statistical accuracy for spectra where the elastic part encompasses most of the integrated intensity is provided. Depending on the statistical chopper position, correlation analysis can be used for both incoming and outgoing neutron velocity determination. Moreover, the correlation technique is very profitable for investigating weak signals in the presence of high background, which is often the case for small samples. To provide instrument flexibility and versatility, an innovative approach comprising tuning resolution by variable Resolution-Elastic Neutron Scattering (RENS) is proposed, offering further benefits by enabling systematic trading of intensity for resolution and vice versa. This study puts into evidence the advantages offered by the use of statistical chopper and of correlation technique for RENS in choosing the best compromise between resolution and beam intensity.
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- F Mezei
- European Spallation Source ERIC, Lund, Sweden.,HAS Wigner Research Center, Budapest, Hungary
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- Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici (IPCF)-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres, 37, 98158 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres, 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.,Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR8000, Universitè Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
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- Department of Mathematical and Informatics Sciences, Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres, 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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Paddison JAM. Ultrafast calculation of diffuse scattering from atomistic models. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES 2019; 75:14-24. [PMID: 30575580 DOI: 10.1107/s2053273318015632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Diffuse scattering is a rich source of information about disorder in crystalline materials, which can be modelled using atomistic techniques such as Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations. Modern X-ray and neutron scattering instruments can rapidly measure large volumes of diffuse-scattering data. Unfortunately, current algorithms for atomistic diffuse-scattering calculations are too slow to model large data sets completely, because the fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm has long been considered unsuitable for such calculations [Butler & Welberry (1992). J. Appl. Cryst. 25, 391-399]. Here, a new approach is presented for ultrafast calculation of atomistic diffuse-scattering patterns. It is shown that the FFT can actually be used to perform such calculations rapidly, and that a fast method based on sampling theory can be used to reduce high-frequency noise in the calculations. These algorithms are benchmarked using realistic examples of compositional, magnetic and displacive disorder. They accelerate the calculations by a factor of at least 102, making refinement of atomistic models to large diffuse-scattering volumes practical.
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- Joseph A M Paddison
- Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS, United Kingdom
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Coates L, Cao HB, Chakoumakos BC, Frontzek MD, Hoffmann C, Kovalevsky AY, Liu Y, Meilleur F, Dos Santos AM, Myles DAA, Wang XP, Ye F. A suite-level review of the neutron single-crystal diffraction instruments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:092802. [PMID: 30278686 DOI: 10.1063/1.5030896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The nascent suite of single-crystal neutron diffractometers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has no equal at any other neutron scattering facility worldwide and offers the potential to re-assert single-crystal diffraction using neutrons as a significant tool to study nuclear and magnetic structures of small unit cell crystals, nuclear structures of macromolecules, and diffuse scattering. Signature applications and features of single-crystal neutron diffraction are high resolution nuclear structure analysis, magnetic structure and spin density determinations, contrast variation (particularly D2O/H2O) for nuclear structural studies, lack of radiation damage when using crystals of biological molecules such as proteins, and the fidelity to measure nuclear and magnetic diffuse scattering with elastic discrimination.
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- L Coates
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Haberl B, Dissanayake S, Wu Y, Myles DAA, Dos Santos AM, Loguillo M, Rucker GM, Armitage DP, Cochran M, Andrews KM, Hoffmann C, Cao H, Matsuda M, Meilleur F, Ye F, Molaison JJ, Boehler R. Next-generation diamond cell and applications to single-crystal neutron diffraction. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:092902. [PMID: 30278728 DOI: 10.1063/1.5031454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A diamond cell optimized for single-crystal neutron diffraction is described. It is adapted for work at several of the single-crystal diffractometers of the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). A simple spring design improves portability across the facilities and affords load maintenance from offline pressurization and during temperature cycling. Compared to earlier prototypes, pressure stability of polycrystalline diamond (Versimax®) has been increased through double-conical designs and ease of use has been improved through changes to seat and piston setups. These anvils allow ∼30%-40% taller samples than possible with comparable single-crystal anvils. Hydrostaticity and the important absence of shear pressure gradients have been established with the use of glycerin as a pressure medium. Large single-crystal synthetic diamonds have also been used for the first time with such a clamp-diamond anvil cell for pressures close to 20 GPa. The cell is made from a copper beryllium alloy and sized to fit into ORNL's magnets for future ultra-low temperature and high-field studies. We show examples from the Spallation Neutron Source's SNAP and CORELLI beamlines and the High Flux Isotope Reactor's HB-3A and IMAGINE beamlines.
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- Bianca Haberl
- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Krogstad MJ, Gehring PM, Rosenkranz S, Osborn R, Ye F, Liu Y, Ruff JPC, Chen W, Wozniak JM, Luo H, Chmaissem O, Ye ZG, Phelan D. The relation of local order to material properties in relaxor ferroelectrics. NATURE MATERIALS 2018; 17:718-724. [PMID: 29941922 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0112-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Correlating electromechanical and dielectric properties with nanometre-scale order is the defining challenge for the development of piezoelectric oxides. Current lead (Pb)-based relaxor ferroelectrics can serve as model systems with which to unravel these correlations, but the nature of the local order and its relation to material properties remains controversial. Here we employ recent advances in diffuse scattering instrumentation to investigate crystals that span the phase diagram of PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-xPbTiO3 (PMN-xPT) and identify four forms of local order. From the compositional dependence, we resolve the coupling of each form to the dielectric and electromechanical properties observed. We show that relaxor behaviour does not correlate simply with ferroic diffuse scattering; instead, it results from a competition between local antiferroelectric correlations, seeded by chemical short-range order, and local ferroic order. The ferroic diffuse scattering is strongest where piezoelectricity is maximal and displays previously unrecognized modulations caused by anion displacements. Our observations provide new guidelines for evaluating displacive models and hence the piezoelectric properties of environmentally friendly next-generation materials.
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- M J Krogstad
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
- Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- CHESS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
- Computation Institute, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
- Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA.
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Roth N, May AF, Ye F, Chakoumakos BC, Iversen BB. Model-free reconstruction of magnetic correlations in frustrated magnets. IUCRJ 2018; 5:410-416. [PMID: 30002842 PMCID: PMC6038962 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252518006590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Frustrated magnetic systems exhibit extraordinary physical properties, but quantification of their magnetic correlations poses a serious challenge to experiment and theory. Current insight into frustrated magnetic correlations relies on modelling techniques such as reverse Monte-Carlo methods, which require knowledge about the exact ordered atomic structure. Here, we present a method for direct reconstruction of magnetic correlations in frustrated magnets by three-dimensional difference pair distribution function analysis of neutron total scattering data. The methodology is applied to the disordered frustrated magnet bixbyite, (Mn1-x Fe x )2O3, which reveals nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic correlations for the metal sites up to a range of approximately 15 Å. Importantly, this technique allows for magnetic correlations to be determined directly from the experimental data without any assumption about the atomic structure.
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- Nikolaj Roth
- Center for Materials Crystallography (CMC), Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Center for Materials Crystallography (CMC), Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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Argyriou DN, Allen AJ. Foreword to the special issue on advanced neutron scattering instrumentation. J Appl Crystallogr 2018. [DOI: 10.1107/s1600576718007987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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