Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1799364 | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, single crystals of FeIn2S4 and CuIn5S8 compounds, and (FeIn2S4)1âx(CuIn5S8)x solid solutions were grown using the Bridgman method. The magnetic and electrical properties of the samples obtained were investigated at temperatures of 5-300 K and in a magnetic field range of 0-14 T. It was established that all of the solid solutions were paramagnets down to low temperatures of ~10 K. It was shown that the ground state of the magnetic phase of the samples was a spin glass state, where the freezing temperature increased monotonically with the increase in the concentration of Fe2+ cations. All of the samples exhibited semiconductor characteristics in terms of electrical resistivity. The concentration-dependent critical magnetic temperatures, magnetic moment, and activation energy were plotted, which are probably explained by the magnetic state formation of the (FeIn2S4)1âx(CuIn5S8)x solid solution single crystals based on the empirical Goodenough-Kanamori rules.
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Authors
S.V. Trukhanov, I.V. Bodnar, M.A. Zhafar,