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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Chang Liu, JianLei Shen, JiaCheng Gao, ChangJiang Yi, Di Liu, Tao Xie, Lin Yang, Sergey Danilkin, GuoChu Deng, WenHong Wang, ShiLiang Li, YouGuo Shi, HongMing Weng, EnKe Liu, HuiQian Luo
Summary: A comprehensive neutron scattering study on the spin excitations in the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2 reveals complex spin dynamics, including in-plane and out-of-plane dispersions of spin waves in different states, as well as a spin wave gap. Effective exchange interactions were estimated using a semi-classical Heisenberg model, indicating a large spin stiffness and significant contribution from Weyl fermions in this three-dimensional correlated system.
SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Allen Scheie, Michael Ziebel, Daniel G. Chica, Youn June Bae, Xiaoping Wang, Alexander I. Kolesnikov, Xiaoyang Zhu, Xavier Roy
Summary: An experimental study is conducted to determine the magnetic exchange Hamiltonian and bulk magnon spectrum of CrSBr, an air-stable 2D van der Waals semiconducting magnet. The study confirms the A-type antiferromagnetic order using single crystal neutron diffraction and measures magnon dispersions using inelastic neutron scattering. The fitted exchange Hamiltonian enables theoretical predictions, such as the presence of chiral magnon edge modes in a spin-orbit enhanced CrSBr heterostructure.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nan Tang, W. L. N. C. Liyanage, Sergio A. Montoya, Sheena Patel, Lizabeth J. Quigley, Alexander J. Grutter, Michael R. Fitzsimmons, Sunil Sinha, Julie A. Borchers, Eric E. Fullerton, Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt, Dustin A. Gilbert
Summary: Magnetic skyrmions exhibit unique behaviors arising from their topological protection, including well-defined, 3D dynamic modes at microwave frequencies. Spin waves ejected into the interstitial regions between skyrmions create a magnetic turbulent sea. However, spin-wave interference can result in ordered structures due to the well-defined length scale and ordered lattice. This study captures the dynamics in hybrid skyrmions using small-angle neutron scattering and identifies a dynamic spin-wave fractal structure.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuan-Qi Zhai, Yi-Fei Deng, Zhendong Fu, Erxi Feng, Yixi Su, Takuya Shiga, Hiroki Oshio, Yan-Zhen Zheng
Summary: The 2D magnetic material FEN with a dimerized honeycomb lattice structure and spin S=2 exhibits reentrant spin glass behavior at low temperatures, with two spin glass phases of different canting angles, and a very large coercive field.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yao Wang, Yuan Chen, Thomas P. Devereaux, Brian Moritz, Matteo Mitrano
Summary: The manipulation of spins with ultrafast lasers presents a promising approach to control the properties of quantum materials. The study demonstrates that ultrafast pump-induced spin excitations in Mott insulators can lead to a prompt softening of spin excitation energy, with implications for superconducting pairing correlations.
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS
(2021)
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Physics, Condensed Matter
Joseph A. M. Paddison
Summary: Magnetic diffuse scattering, observed above a material's magnetic ordering temperature, contains valuable information about the material's magnetic Hamiltonian. However, lack of appropriate software has limited its utilization. This study presents an open-source program, Spinteract, for efficient refinement of magnetic interaction parameters using powder and single-crystal magnetic diffuse scattering data. Examples of refinements to published experimental data sets are given, along with guidelines for data collection and refinement, and discussions on potential developments of the approach.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mathias Bersweiler, Philipp Bender, Inma Peral, Evelyn Pratami Sinaga, Dirk Honecker, Diego Alba Venero, Ivan Titov, Andreas Michels
Summary: This study investigates the microstructure of annealed Ni-Mn-In Heusler alloy nanoparticles using unpolarized magnetic small-angle neutron scattering. The results reveal the formation of ferromagnetic nanoprecipitates in an antiferromagnetic matrix and the presence of spin-misalignment scattering. The magnetic correlation function analysis indicates spatial perturbation of the magnetization vector around the nanoprecipitates. The estimated sizes of the spin-canted region and the magnetic core of the individual nanoprecipitates are approximately 30 nm and 75 nm, respectively.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Long Tian, Panpan Liu, Tao Hong, Tilo Seydel, Xingye Lu, Huiqian Luo, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai
Summary: In this study, the spin-glass nature of short-range magnetic order in the Fe1.07Te0.8Se0.2 sample was confirmed using DC/AC magnetization and neutron scattering techniques. The frequency-dependent spin-freezing behavior and the role of excess iron in driving the formation of the spin-glass phase detrimental to bulk superconductivity were investigated.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Fei Chen, Rafael M. Fernandes, Morten H. Christensen
Summary: By calculating the dynamic spin susceptibility of 3D superconductors, we find that the appearance of a spin resonance mode is determined by the topology of hot lines connected by the magnetic wave vector on the Fermi surface, which has implications for the study of unconventional superconductors.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yaofeng Xie, Lebing Chen, Tong Chen, Qi Wang, Qiangwei Yin, J. Ross Stewart, Matthew B. Stone, Luke L. Daemen, Erxi Feng, Huibo Cao, Hechang Lei, Zhiping Yin, Allan H. MacDonald, Pengcheng Dai
Summary: The study reveals the evolution of spin excitations in 2D metallic kagome lattice materials, particularly in antiferromagnetic FeSn and paramagnetic CoSn, and identifies anomalous flat modes overlooked by the neutron scattering community for many years. The measurements show well-defined spin waves and correlated paramagnetic scattering in the materials, providing important insights into the spin excitations in these systems.
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS
(2021)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Shang Gao, Ganesh Pokharel, Andrew F. May, Joseph A. M. Paddison, Chris Pasco, Yaohua Liu, Keith M. Taddei, Stuart Calder, David G. Mandrus, Matthew B. Stone, Andrew D. Christianson
Summary: This study uses spectral graph theory to approximate spiral spin liquids on a bipartite lattice and broadens the range of candidate materials that may support spiral spin liquid phases. Neutron scattering experiments on two compounds demonstrate the feasibility of this new approach and reveal potential limitations in experimental realizations.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Shang Gao, Michael A. McGuire, Yaohua Liu, Douglas L. Abernathy, Clarina dela Cruz, Matthias Frontzek, Matthew B. Stone, Andrew D. Christianson
Summary: Using neutron scattering, a spiral spin liquid has been realized in the van der Waals honeycomb magnet FeCl3. A continuous ring of scattering is directly observed, indicating the emergence of an approximate U(1) symmetry in momentum space.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
L. Stoppel, S. Hayashida, Z. Yan, A. Podlesnyak, A. Zheludev
Summary: In the S = 1 easy-plane-type triangular antiferromagnets CsFeCl3 and RbFeCl3, magnetic excitations were investigated using a combination of inelastic neutron scattering measurements and spin-wave theory calculations. An established exchange-coupling Hamiltonian was used, but failed to adequately describe the measured intensities, especially in RbFeCl3. The observed anomalies, such as anisotropic azimuthal intensity distribution, were attributed to long-range dipolar interactions.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
W. G. Zheng, V Baledent, E. Ressouche, V Petricek, D. Bounoua, P. Bourges, Y. Sidis, A. Forget, D. Colson, P. Foury-Leylekian
Summary: This study reveals the umbrella-like magnetic structure of the compound BaFe2Se3 through neutron diffraction and symmetry analysis. The presence of antiferromagnetic blocks is confirmed, providing key information for further theoretical studies on the coupling between this magnetic order and the lattice and ferroelectric order.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jonas Ruby Sandemann, Thomas Bjorn Egede Gronbech, Kristoffer Andreas Holm Stockler, Feng Ye, Bryan C. Chakoumakos, Bo Brummerstedt Iversen
Summary: ZnFe2O4 exhibits spin-glass transition and has dominant ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic correlations. The 3D-m Delta PDF method is used to visualize the local magnetic ordering preferences.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuan-Qi Zhai, Yi-Fei Deng, Zhendong Fu, Erxi Feng, Yixi Su, Takuya Shiga, Hiroki Oshio, Yan-Zhen Zheng
Summary: The 2D magnetic material FEN with a dimerized honeycomb lattice structure and spin S=2 exhibits reentrant spin glass behavior at low temperatures, with two spin glass phases of different canting angles, and a very large coercive field.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Kexuan Zhang, Kirill Zhernenkov, Thomas Saerbeck, Artur Glavic, Lili Qu, Christy J. Kinane, Andrew J. Caruana, Enda Hua, Guanyin Gao, Feng Jin, Binghui Ge, Feng Cheng, Sabine Puetter, Alexandros Koutsioubas, Stefan Mattauch, Thomas Brueckel, Yixi Su, Lingfei Wang, Wenbin Wu
Summary: The study focused on investigating the layer-resolved magnetic reversal mechanism in all-oxide-based SAFs using a LCMO/CRTO superlattice model. The unique magnetic reversal process observed allows for vertical data transfer within the SAF, attributed to the cooperation of surface spin-flop effect and enhanced magnetic anisotropy.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Physics, Condensed Matter
C. Mauws, N. Hiebert, M. L. Rutherford, H. D. Zhou, Q. Huang, M. B. Stone, N. P. Butch, Y. Su, E. S. Choi, Z. Yamani, C. R. Wiebe
Summary: This study reveals that Nd2ScNbO7 exhibits long-range antiferromagnetic order, which is a result of structural disorder, instead of the commonly observed spin glass behavior. Through spectroscopic and scattering measurements, it is found that only a small percentage of neodymium ions show dispersionless gapped excitation, while the rest of the magnetic species orderly form a specific antiferromagnetic structure.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fengfeng Zhu, Lichuan Zhang, Xiao Wang, Flaviano Jose dos Santos, Junda Song, Thomas Mueller, Karin Schmalzl, Wolfgang F. Schmidt, Alexandre Ivanov, Jitae T. Park, Jianhui Xu, Jie Ma, Samir Lounis, Stefan Bluegel, Yuriy Mokrousov, Yixi Su, Thomas Brueckel
Summary: The study reports the realization of topological magnon insulators in CrXTe3 compounds, confirming the nontrivial nature of gap opening at the magnon band-crossing Dirac points and the emergence of corresponding in-gap topological edge states. This class of remarkable 2D materials is expected to lead to new technological applications in magnonics and topological spintronics.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Ivica Zivkovic, Virgile Favre, Catalina Salazar Mejia, Harald O. Jeschke, Arnaud Magrez, Bhupen Dabholkar, Vincent Noculak, Rafael S. Freitas, Minki Jeong, Nagabhushan G. Hegde, Luc Testa, Peter Babkevich, Yixi Su, Pascal Manuel, Hubertus Luetkens, Christopher Baines, Peter J. Baker, Jochen Wosnitza, Oksana Zaharko, Yasir Iqbal, Johannes Reuther, Henrik M. Ronnow
Summary: Quantum spin liquids are exotic states of matter that form under strong frustrated magnetic interactions, with interconnected spin-1 trillium lattices exhibiting a significantly elevated level of geometrical frustration. Experimental and computational analysis showed a highly correlated and dynamic three-dimensional network structure with characteristics resembling a quantum spin liquid state under specific conditions.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kunya Yang, Hong Wu, Zefang Li, Chen Ran, Xiao Wang, Fengfeng Zhu, Xiangnan Gong, Yan Liu, Guiwen Wang, Long Zhang, Xinrun Mi, Aifeng Wang, Yisheng Chai, Yixi Su, Wenhong Wang, Mingquan He, Xiaolong Yang, Xiaoyuan Zhou
Summary: By combining thermal transport measurements with density functional theory calculations, this study demonstrates low thermal conductivity (kappa) of approximately 1 W m(-1) K-1 in a typical layered van der Waals ferromagnet Cr2Si2Te6. The low kappa is attributed to the spin-phonon scattering and resonant magnon-phonon scattering, which can be strongly suppressed by magnetic fields. The theoretical approach used in this study may provide a generic understanding of spin-phonon scattering in various systems.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
U. K. Oji, V. Pacheco, M. Sahlberg, A. Backs, R. Woracek, D. E. Pooley, G. J. Nilsen, K. Nemkovski, W. Kockelmann, A. S. Tremsin, A. Hilger, R. Ziesche, I. Manke, R. Cubitt, N. Kardjilov
Summary: In this study, a polarized neutron imaging option was designed and implemented on the Imaging and Materials Science & Engineering Station (IMAT) for characterizing magnetic materials in various engineering applications. By performing polarized measurements, it was discovered that the anisotropy of the material can be engineered by varying the fabrication parameters.
MATERIALS & DESIGN
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Sijie Hao, Wentao Jin, Zbigniew Bukowski, Zhengwang Lin, Yinguo Xiao, Yixi Su
Summary: The magnetic order in Eu(Fe1-xNix)2As2 crystals is studied using polarized neutron diffraction. The Fe and Eu magnetic sublattices are found to be almost decoupled. The Eu sublattice undergoes a dramatic change in its magnetic ground state with Ni doping, transitioning from an A-type antiferromagnetic order to a canted ferromagnetic order. The lack of superconductivity in Eu(Fe1-xNix)2As2 may be attributed to the formation of in-plane ferromagnetism.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
M. Stekiel, P. Cermak, C. Franz, W. Simeth, S. Weber, E. Ressouche, W. Schmidt, K. Nemkovski, H. Deng, A. Bauer, C. Pfleiderer, A. Schneidewind
Summary: We conducted a neutron diffraction study on a single-crystal CePtAl3 and measured its specific heat under applied magnetic field. Below TN approximately 3 K, CePtAl3 shows incommensurate antiferromagnetic order with a single modulation vector k = (0.676 0 0). The residual magnetic scattering intensity above TN and the broadening of the specific heat anomaly at TN can be explained by a Gaussian distribution of transition temperatures with a standard deviation of about 0.5 K. The distribution of TN may be caused by the observation of occupational and positional disorder between the Pt and Al sites, as inferred from neutron diffraction. Measurements under magnetic field reveal changes in magnetic domain populations when the field is applied along the [010] direction, indicating a transition from cycloidal to amplitude-modulated magnetic order at around 2.5 T.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
C. Stock, B. Roessli, P. M. Gehring, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, N. Giles-Donovan, S. Cochran, G. Xu, P. Manuel, M. J. Gutmann, W. D. Ratcliff, T. Fennell, Y. Su, X. Li, H. Luo
Summary: The magnetism and dynamics of the cluster glass phase in PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3 (PFN) are investigated using neutron scattering. The cluster glass phase is characterized by the lack of a preferred direction in the average magnetic spin direction and the gradual increase of the magnetic correlation length with decreasing temperature. Below approximately 50K, the spatial correlations become more short ranged, indicating increasing disorder. Neutron spectroscopy reveals fast fluctuations in the cluster glass phase, with a frequency bandwidth that mimics the correlation length. The destruction of magnetic order and the formation of the cluster glass in PFN are attributed to random molecular fields originating from conflicting interactions between clusters.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
A. Samartzis, J. Xu, V. K. Anand, A. T. M. N. Islam, J. Ollivier, Y. Su, B. Lake
Summary: The moment in Nd2Hf2O7 forms a static long-range ordered ground state, a flat, gapped pinch point excitation, and dispersive excitations. These results confirm recent theories predicting that dispersive modes give rise to their own pinch point patterns, observed as half-moons experimentally.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Wentao Jin, Sebastian Muehlbauer, Philipp Bender, Yi Liu, Sultan Demirdis, Zhendong Fu, Yinguo Xiao, Shibabrata Nandi, Guang-Han Cao, Yixi Su, Thomas Brueckel
Summary: Small-angle neutron scattering measurements were conducted on the ferromagnetic superconductor EuFe2(As0.8P0.2)2 to investigate the delicate interplay between ferromagnetism and superconductivity. Large ferromagnetic domains were observed below the ferromagnetic ordering temperature TC, and additional scattering signals were found within a small temperature range below TC. These nanometer-scaled domain structures were identified as the result of the domain Meissner state, which is formed by the competition between ferromagnetism and superconductivity.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Qianhui Xu, Yi Liu, Sijie Hao, Jiahui Qian, Cheng Su, Chin-Wei Wang, Thomas Hansen, Zhendong Fu, Yixi Su, Wei Li, Guang-Han Cao, Yinguo Xiao, Wentao Jin
Summary: The ground-state magnetic structures of Eu2+ spins in RbEu(Fe1-xNix)(4)As-4 superconductors have been studied using neutron powder diffraction measurements. It is observed that the magnetic propagation vector of the Eu sublattice diminishes with increasing Ni doping, leading to a reduction in the rotation angle between neighboring Eu layers. The magnetic structure transitions from a helical modulation to a collinear ferromagnetic structure as the superconductivity is suppressed.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
H. Guo, C. Ritter, Y. Su, A. C. Komarek, J. S. Gardner
Summary: The study found that double-perovskite iridates exhibit complex magnetic behaviors ranging from weak ferromagnetism to successive antiferromagnetic transitions, with lanthanide compounds showing canted iridium moments in an antiferromagnet arrangement and neodymium compounds displaying antiferromagnetic properties.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
A. Eich, M. Hoelzle, Y. Su, V. Hutanu, R. Georgii, L. Beddrich, A. Grzechnik
Summary: This study examines the feasibility of high pressure neutron scattering in clamp cells at various diffraction and spectroscopy beamlines in the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching, Germany. The compact design of the cells allows them to fit into existing sample environment devices and accommodate samples up to about 150 mm(3) at pressures above 1 GPa.
HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH
(2021)