The effect of Al doping on the structure and magnetism in cobaltite CaBaCo4O7
The effect of Al doping on the structure and magnetism in cobaltite CaBaCo4O7
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.04.017
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发表时间:
2013-04
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6.2
通讯作者:
Y. Zou;Z. Qu;Lei Zhang;W. Ning;L. Ling;L. Pi;Yuheng Zhang
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作者:
Y. Zou;Z. Qu;Lei Zhang;W. Ning;L. Ling;L. Pi;Yuheng Zhang
We report the effects of Al-doping on the structure and magnetic properties in CaBa (Co1−xAlx)4O7(0 ⩽x⩽ 0.25). The system exhibits a structural transition from an orthorhombic symmetry to a hexagonal symmetry when the Al content exceedsx= 0.1. The Curie temperature and the value of the magnetization decrease with increasing Al doping level, indicating that the ferrimagnetic ground state is gradually suppressed. The ground state eventually transits into a spin-glass state forx> 0.1. Moreover, the short-range magnetic correlations, which occur at high temperatures in CaBaCo4O7, are found to be gradually suppressed with increasing Al content and eventually disappear forx= 0.25. By comparing our results with other Co-site doping cases, we suggest that the lattice and the spin degrees of freedom are relatively decoupled in CaBaCo4O7.