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Short-range magnetic interactions and spin-glass behavior in the quasi-two-dimensional nickelate Pr4Ni3O8

Huangfu, Shangxiong; Guguchia, Zurab; Cheptiakov, Denis; Zhang, Xiaofu; Luetkens, Hubertus; Gawryluk, Dariusz Jakub; Shang, Tian; von Rohr, Fabian O; Schilling, Andreas (2020). Short-range magnetic interactions and spin-glass behavior in the quasi-two-dimensional nickelate Pr4Ni3O8. Physical review B, 102(5):054423.

Abstract

The nickelate Pr4Ni3O8 features quasi-two-dimensional layers consisting of three stacked square-planar NiO2 planes, in a similar way to the well-known cuprate superconductors. The mixed-valent nature of Ni and its metallic properties makes it a candidate for potentially unconventional superconductivity. We have synthesized Pr4Ni3O8 by topotactic reduction of Pr4Ni3O10 in 10% hydrogen gas, and report on measurements of powder-neutron diffraction, magnetization, and muon-spin rotation (µSR). We find that Pr4Ni3O8 shows complicated spin-glass behavior with a distinct magnetic memory effect in the temperature range from 2 to 300 K and a freezing temperature Ts≈68K. Moreover, the analysis of µSR spectra indicates two magnetic processes characterized by remarkably different relaxation rates: a slowly relaxing signal, resulting from paramagnetic fluctuations of Pr/Ni ions, and a fast-relaxing signal, whose relaxation rate increases substantially below ≈70K which can be ascribed to the presence of short-range correlated regions. We conclude that the complex spin-freezing process in Pr4Ni3O8 is governed by these multiple magnetic interactions. It is possible that the complex magnetism in Pr4Ni3O8 is detrimental to the occurrence of superconductivity.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry
07 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute
Dewey Decimal Classification:530 Physics
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Physical Sciences > Condensed Matter Physics
Language:English
Date:17 August 2020
Deposited On:04 Jan 2021 13:28
Last Modified:22 Jun 2025 01:43
Publisher:American Physical Society
ISSN:2469-9950
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.054423
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