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Cd-doping effects in Ce2MIn8 (M=Rh and Ir) Heavy Fermion Compounds

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C. Adriano, C. Giles, E. M. Bittar, L. N. Coelho, F. de Bergevin, C. Mazzoli, L. Paolasini, William Ratcliff, Richard Bindel, Jeffrey Lynn, Z. Fisk, P. G. Pagliuso

Abstract

Low temperature magnetic properties of Cd-doped Ce2MIn8 (M = Rh and Ir) single crystals are investigated. Experiments of temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity and electrical resistivity measurements revealed that Cd-doping enhances the antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering temperature from TN = 2.8 K (x = 0) to TN = 4.8 K (x = 0.21) for Ce2RhIn8-xCdx and induces long range AFM ordering with TN = 3.8 K (x = 0.21) for Ce2IrIn8-xCdx. Additionally, X-ray and neutron magnetic scattering studies showed that Cd-doped samples present below TN a commensurate antiferromagnetic structure with a propagation vector epilson with an right arrow directly over the symbol} = 1⁄2, 1⁄2, 0). The resolved magnetic structures for both compounds indicate that the Cd-doping tends to rotate the direction of the ordered magnetic moments toward the ab-plane. This result suggests that the Cd-doping affects the Ce3+ ground state single ion anisotropy modifying the crystalline electrical field (CEF)parameters at the Ce3+ site. Indications of CEF evolution induced by Cd-doping were also found in the electrical resistivity measurements. Comparisons between our results and the general effects of Cd- doping on the related compounds CeMIn5 (M = Co, Rh and Ir) confirms the claims that the Cd-doping induced electronic tuning is the main effect favoring AFM ordering in these compounds.
Citation
Physical Review B
Volume
81
Issue
24

Keywords

Neutron scattering, heavy fermion, single crystal, magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, resistivity, magnetic order, Neel Temperature

Citation

Adriano, C. , Giles, C. , Bittar, E. , Coelho, L. , de Bergevin, F. , Mazzoli, C. , Paolasini, L. , Ratcliff, W. , Bindel, R. , Lynn, J. , Fisk, Z. and Pagliuso, P. (2010), Cd-doping effects in Ce<sub>2</sub>MIn<sub>8</sub> (M=Rh and Ir) Heavy Fermion Compounds, Physical Review B, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245115, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=904815 (Accessed February 11, 2025)

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Created June 15, 2010, Updated January 15, 2025