Doping effects on the magnetic properties of NdRhIn5 intermetallic antiferromagnet
✍ Scribed by R. Lora-Serrano; D.J. Garcia; E. Miranda; C. Adriano; L. Bufaiçal; J.G.S. Duque; P.G. Pagliuso
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 649 KB
- Volume
- 404
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-4526
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✦ Synopsis
We report temperature dependent heat capacity and magnetization measurements on single crystals of Nd 1Àx La x RhIn 5 (x ¼ 0:15, 0.4 and 0.5) and NdRhIn 5Àx Sn x (x ¼ 0:08, 0.12 and 0.24). NdRhIn 5 is an antiferromagnetic (AFM) compound with T N % 11 K which crystallizes in the same layered tetragonal structure of the CeMIn 5 family (M ¼ Rh, Co and Ir), where different ground states can be found by tuning the interplay among different microscopic interactions such as the Kondo effect, crystal field (CEF) effects and the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida (RKKY) magnetic interaction. Here, we explore the evolution of the AFM correlations in this Nd-based (non-Kondo) compound while perturbing the RKKY exchange by using two different substitutions: (i) replacing Nd 3þ by non-magnetic La 3þ within NdIn 3 atomic planes (dilution) and (ii) substituting In by Sn in the In-sites (electronic tuning). For both types of doping, our results show the suppression of the AFM state as the La-or Sn-content is increased. This doping induced suppression of the AFM order is discussed considering the effects of dilution and effects in the tetragonal CEF using a mean-field model applied to the observed data. Our results are compared to the properties of other members of the RRhIn 5 family considering the role of dimensionality in the magnetic interactions.
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