High-Tc Superconductivity In Cakfe4 As4 In Absence Of Nematic Fluctuations,
2019
Rutgers University
High-Tc Superconductivity In Cakfe4 As4 In Absence Of Nematic Fluctuations, W.-L. Zhang, William R. Meier, Tai Kong, Paul C. Canfield, G. Blumberg
Paul C. Canfield
We employ polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy to study the multiband stoichiometric Tc = 35 K superconductor CaKFe4As4. We do not detect Pomeranchuk-like electronic nematic fluctuations which were universally observed in the XY (B2g) symmetry Raman response for most families of the Fe-based superconductors. In the superconducting state we observe, consistent with a nodeless order parameter, a full spectral weight suppression at low energies and the emergence of a composite pair-breaking coherence feature at energies between 12 and 20 meV. We analyze the superconductivity-induced phonon self-energy effects and give an estimation for the electron-phonon coupling constant λΓ=0.0015 which is insufficient ...
Ultrahigh Elastically Compressible And Strain-Engineerable Intermetallic Compounds Under Uniaxial Mechanical Loading,
2019
University of Connecticut
Ultrahigh Elastically Compressible And Strain-Engineerable Intermetallic Compounds Under Uniaxial Mechanical Loading, Gyuho Song, Vladislav Borisov, William Meier, Mingyu Xu, Keith J. Dusoe, John T. Sypek, Roser Valentí, Paul C. Canfield, Seok-Woo Lee
Paul C. Canfield
Intermetallic compounds possess unique atomic arrangements that often lead to exceptional material properties, but their extreme brittleness usually causes fracture at a limited strain of less than 1% and prevents their practical use. Therefore, it is critical for them to exhibit either plasticity or some form of structural transition to absorb and release a sufficient amount of mechanical energy before failure occurs. This study reports that the ThCr2Si2-structured intermetallic compound (CaFe2As2) and a hybrid of its structure (CaKFe4As4) with 2 µm in diameter and 6 µm in height can exhibit superelasticity with strain up to 17% through a reversible, deformation-induced ...
Lack Of Superconductivity In The Phase Diagram Of Single-Crystalline Eu(Fe1-Xcox)(2)As-2 Grown By Transition Metal Arsenide Flux,
2019
Ames Laboratory and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lack Of Superconductivity In The Phase Diagram Of Single-Crystalline Eu(Fe1-Xcox)(2)As-2 Grown By Transition Metal Arsenide Flux, Gang Wang, William R. Meier, Warren E. Straszheim, Joshua Slagle, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Paul C. Canfield
Paul C. Canfield
The interplay of magnetism and superconductivity (SC) has been a focus of interest in condensed matter physics for decades. EuF e 2 A s 2 has been identified as a potential platform to investigate interactions between structural, magnetic, and electronic effects as well as the coexistence of magnetism and SC with similar transition temperatures. However, there are obvious inconsistencies in the reported phase diagrams of Eu ( F e 1 − x C o x ) 2 A s 2 crystals grown by different methods. For transition metal arsenide (TMA)-flux-grown crystals, even the existence of SC is uncertain. Here we reexamine the ...
Tuning Phase-Stability And Short-Range Order Through Ai-Doping In (Cocrfemn)100-Xaix High Entropy Alloys,
2019
Ames Laboratory
Tuning Phase-Stability And Short-Range Order Through Ai-Doping In (Cocrfemn)100-Xaix High Entropy Alloys, Prashant Singh, Amalraj Marshal, Andrei V. Smirnov, Aayush Sharma, Ganesh Balasubramanian, K. G. Pradeep, Duane D. Johnson
Duane D. Johnson
For (CoCrFeMn)100−xAlx high-entropy alloys, we investigate the phase evolution with increasing Al content (0≤x≤20 at.%). From first-principles theory, aluminum doping drives the alloy structurally from fcc to bcc separated by a narrow two-phase region (fcc+bcc), which is well supported by our experiments. Using KKR-CPA electronic-structure calculations, we highlight the effect of Al doping on the formation enthalpy (alloy stability) and electronic dispersion of (CoCrFeMn)100−xAlx alloys. As chemical short-range order indicates the nascent local order, and entropy changes, as well as expected low-temperature ordering behavior, we use KKR-CPA-based thermodynamic linear response to predict the ...
Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance Of Mg2 Si1−X Snx Codoped With Bi And Cr,
2019
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance Of Mg2 Si1−X Snx Codoped With Bi And Cr, Vikram, Duane D. Johnson, Aftab Alam
Duane D. Johnson
Magnesium silicides are favorable thermoelectric materials considering resource abundance and cost. Chromium (Cr) doping in magnesium silicides has not yet been explored. Using first-principles calculations, we have studied the stability of Mg2Si with chromium (1.85, 3.7, 5.55, and 6.25% Cr) and tin (12.5 and 50% Sn). Three Mg2Si compounds doped with Sn, (Sn + Bi), and (Sn + Bi + Cr) are used to explain doping effects on thermoelectric performance. Notably, Cr behaves nonmagnetically for ≤2%Cr, after which ferromagnetic ordering is favored (≤12.96% Cr), despite its elemental antiferromagnetic state. With alloying of Sn (70.4%), Mg2Si ...
Two-Dimensional Ordering And Collective Magnetic Excitations In The Dilute Ferromagnetic Topological Insulator (Bi0.95 Mn0.05)2 Te3,
2019
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Two-Dimensional Ordering And Collective Magnetic Excitations In The Dilute Ferromagnetic Topological Insulator (Bi0.95 Mn0.05)2 Te3, David Vaknin, Daniel M. Pajerowski, Deborah L. Schlagel, Kevin W. Dennis, Robert Mcqueeney
Deborah L. Schlagel
Employing elastic and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) techniques, we report on the microscopic properties of the ferromagnetism in the dilute magnetic topological insulator (Bi0.95Mn0.05)2 Te3. Neutron diffraction of polycrystalline samples shows the ferromagnetic (FM) ordering is long range within the basal plane, and mainly two dimensional (2D) in character with short-range correlations between layers below T C ≈ 13 K. Remarkably, we observe gapped and collective magnetic excitations in this dilute magnetic system. The excitations appear typical of quasi-2D FM systems despite the severe broadening of short-wavelength magnons which is expected from the random spatial distribution of Mn ...
Anisotropy And Orbital Moment In Sm-Co Permanent Magnets,
2019
Ames Laboratory and University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Anisotropy And Orbital Moment In Sm-Co Permanent Magnets, Bhaskar Das, Renu Choudhary, Ralph Skomski, Balamurugan Balasubramanian, Arjun K. Pathak, Durga Paudyal, David J. Sellmyer
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
Structural and magnetic properties of iron-free and iron-substituted SmCo5 have been investigated theoretically and experimentally. The nanocrystalline ribbons of SmCo5−xFex(0≤x≤2), which were produced by rapid solidification, crystallize in the hexagonal CaCu5 structure for x≤0.75. Small Fe additions (x=0.25) substantially improve the coercivity, from 0.45 to 2.70 T, which we interpret as combined intrinsic and extrinsic effect. Most of our findings are consistent with past samarium-cobalt research, but some are at odds with findings that have seemingly been well established through decades of rare-earth transition-metal research. In particular, our local spin-density ...
Antiferromagnetic Stacking Of Ferromagnetic Layers And Doping-Controlled Phase Competition In Ca1−X Srx Co2−Y As2,
2019
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Antiferromagnetic Stacking Of Ferromagnetic Layers And Doping-Controlled Phase Competition In Ca1−X Srx Co2−Y As2, Bing Li, Yuriy Sizyuk, Nediadath S. Sangeetha, John M. Wilde, Pinaki Das, W. Tian, David C. Johnston, Alan I. Goldman, Andreas Kreyssig, Peter P. Orth, Robert J. Mcqueeney, Benjamin G. Ueland
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
In search of a quantum phase transition between the two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetism of CaCo2−yAs2 and stripe-type antiferromagnetism in SrCo2 As2, we instead find evidence for 1D magnetic frustration between magnetic square Co layers. We present neutron-diffraction data for Ca1−x Srx Co2−y As2 that reveal a sequence of x -dependent magnetic transitions which involve different stacking of 2 D ferromagnetically aligned layers with different magnetic anisotropy. We explain the x-dependent changes to the magnetic order by utilizing classical analytical calculations of a 1D Heisenberg model where single-ion magnetic anisotropy and frustration of antiferromagnetic nearest- and next-nearest-layer exchange interactions ...
Tuning Phase-Stability And Short-Range Order Through Ai-Doping In (Cocrfemn)100-Xaix High Entropy Alloys,
2019
Ames Laboratory
Tuning Phase-Stability And Short-Range Order Through Ai-Doping In (Cocrfemn)100-Xaix High Entropy Alloys, Prashant Singh, Amalraj Marshal, A. V. Smirnov, Aayush Sharma, Ganesh Balasubramanian, K. G. Pradeep, Duane D. Johnson
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
For (CoCrFeMn)100−xAlx high-entropy alloys, we investigate the phase evolution with increasing Al content (0≤x≤20 at.%). From first-principles theory, aluminum doping drives the alloy structurally from fcc to bcc separated by a narrow two-phase region (fcc+bcc), which is well supported by our experiments. Using KKR-CPA electronic-structure calculations, we highlight the effect of Al doping on the formation enthalpy (alloy stability) and electronic dispersion of (CoCrFeMn)100−xAlx alloys. As chemical short-range order indicates the nascent local order, and entropy changes, as well as expected low-temperature ordering behavior, we use KKR-CPA-based thermodynamic linear response to predict the ...
Suppression Of Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Cr0.8 Ru0.2,
2019
Istanbul Technical University
Suppression Of Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Cr0.8 Ru0.2, M. Ramazanoglu, Benjamin G. Ueland, D. K. Pratt, L. W. Harringer, J. W. Lynn, G. Ehlers, G. E. Granroth, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Paul C. Canfield, Deborah L. Schlagel, Alan I. Goldman, Thomas A. Lograsso, Robert J. Mcqueeney
Deborah L. Schlagel
Unconventional superconductivity (SC) often develops in magnetic metals on the cusp of static antiferromagnetic (AFM) order where spin fluctuations are strong. This association is so compelling that many SC materials are labeled as unconventional by proximity to an ordered AFM state. The Cr-Ru alloy system possesses such a phase diagram [see Fig. 1(a)]. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering to show that spin fluctuations are present in a SC Cr0.8Ru0.2 alloy (Tc=1.35 K). However, the neutron spin resonance, a possible signature of unconventional SC, is not observed. Instead, data indicate a spin gap of order ...
Suppression Of Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Cr0.8 Ru0.2,
2019
Istanbul Technical University
Suppression Of Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Cr0.8 Ru0.2, M. Ramazanoglu, Benjamin G. Ueland, D. K. Pratt, L. W. Harringer, J. W. Lynn, G. Ehlers, G. E. Granroth, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Paul C. Canfield, Deborah L. Schlagel, Alan I. Goldman, Thomas A. Lograsso, Robert J. Mcqueeney
A. I. Goldman
Unconventional superconductivity (SC) often develops in magnetic metals on the cusp of static antiferromagnetic (AFM) order where spin fluctuations are strong. This association is so compelling that many SC materials are labeled as unconventional by proximity to an ordered AFM state. The Cr-Ru alloy system possesses such a phase diagram [see Fig. 1(a)]. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering to show that spin fluctuations are present in a SC Cr0.8Ru0.2 alloy (Tc=1.35 K). However, the neutron spin resonance, a possible signature of unconventional SC, is not observed. Instead, data indicate a spin gap of order ...
Using Controlled Disorder To Probe The Interplay Between Charge Order And Superconductivity In Nbse2,
2019
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Using Controlled Disorder To Probe The Interplay Between Charge Order And Superconductivity In Nbse2, Kyuil Cho, M. Kończykowski, Serafim Teknowijoyo, Makariy A. Tanatar, J. Guss, P. B. Gartin, John M. Wilde, A. Kreyssig, Robert Mcqueeney, Alan I. Goldman, V. Mishra, P. J. Hirschfeld, Ruslan Prozorov
A. I. Goldman
The interplay between superconductivity and charge-density wave (CDW) in 2H-NbSe2 is not fully understood despite decades of study. Artificially introduced disorder can tip the delicate balance between two competing long-range orders, and reveal the underlying interactions that give rise to them. Here we introduce disorder by electron irradiation and measure in-plane resistivity, Hall resistivity, X-ray scattering, and London penetration depth. With increasing disorder, the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, varies non-monotonically, whereas the CDW transition temperature, TCDW, monotonically decreases and becomes unresolvable above a critical irradiation dose where Tcdrops sharply. Our results imply that the CDW ...
Magnetic-Field Effects On The Fragile Antiferromagnetism In Ybbipt,
2019
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Magnetic-Field Effects On The Fragile Antiferromagnetism In Ybbipt, Benjamin G. Ueland, Andreas Kreyssig, E. D. Mun, J. W. Lynn, L. W. Harriger, D. K. Pratt, K. Prokeš, Z. Hüsges, R. Toft-Petersen, S. Sauerbrei, Scott M. Saunders, Yuji Furukawa, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Robert J. Mcqueeney, Paul C. Canfield, Alan I. Goldman
A. I. Goldman
We present neutron-diffraction data for the cubic-heavy-fermion YbBiPt that show broad magnetic diffraction peaks due to the fragile short-range antiferromagnetic (AFM) order persist under an applied magnetic-field H. Our results for H perpendicular to[(1) over bar 1 0] and a temperature of T = 0.14(1) K show that the (1/2,1/2,3/2) magnetic diffraction peak can be described by the same two-peak line shape found for mu H-0 = 0T below the Neel temperature of T-N = 0.4 K. Both components of the peak exist for mu H-0 less than or similar to 1.4 T ...
Suppression Of Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Cr0.8 Ru0.2,
2019
Istanbul Technical University
Suppression Of Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Cr0.8 Ru0.2, M. Ramazanoglu, Benjamin G. Ueland, D. K. Pratt, L. W. Harringer, J. W. Lynn, G. Ehlers, G. E. Granroth, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Paul C. Canfield, Deborah L. Schlagel, Alan I. Goldman, Thomas A. Lograsso, Robert J. Mcqueeney
Thomas A. Lograsso
Unconventional superconductivity (SC) often develops in magnetic metals on the cusp of static antiferromagnetic (AFM) order where spin fluctuations are strong. This association is so compelling that many SC materials are labeled as unconventional by proximity to an ordered AFM state. The Cr-Ru alloy system possesses such a phase diagram [see Fig. 1(a)]. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering to show that spin fluctuations are present in a SC Cr0.8Ru0.2 alloy (Tc=1.35 K). However, the neutron spin resonance, a possible signature of unconventional SC, is not observed. Instead, data indicate a spin gap of order ...
Coexistence Of Superconductivity And Magnetism In Cak(Fe1-Xnix)(4)As-4 As Probed By Fe-57 Mossbauer Spectroscopy,
2019
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Coexistence Of Superconductivity And Magnetism In Cak(Fe1-Xnix)(4)As-4 As Probed By Fe-57 Mossbauer Spectroscopy, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Vladimir G. Kogan, Ruslan Prozorov, William R. Meier, Mingyu Xu, Paul C. Canfield
Paul C. Canfield
Temperature dependent Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy and specific heat measurements for CaK(Fe1-xNix)(4)As-4 with x = 0, 0.017, 0.033, and 0.049 are presented. No magnetic hyperfine field (i.e., no static magnetic order) down to 5.5 K was detected for x = 0 and 0.017 in agreement with the absence of any additional feature below superconducting transition temperature T-c in the specific heat data. The evolution of magnetic hyperfine field with temperature was studied for x = 0.033 and 0.049. The long-range magnetic order in these two compounds coexists with superconductivity. The magnetic hyperfine field ...
Effect Of Nickel Substitution On Magnetism In The Layered Van Der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3 Gete2,
2019
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Effect Of Nickel Substitution On Magnetism In The Layered Van Der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3 Gete2, Gil Drachuck, Zaher Salman, Morgan W. Masters, Valentin Taufour, Tej Lamichhane, Qisheng Lin, Warren E. Straszheim, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Paul C. Canfield
Paul C. Canfield
We have grown a series of nickel-substituted single crystals of the layered ferromagnet (FM) Fe3GeTe2. The large single-crystalline samples of (Fe1−xNix)3GeTe2 with x=0–0.84 were characterized with single-crystal x-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistance, and muon spin spectroscopy. We find Fe can be continuously substituted with Ni with only a minor structural variation. In addition, FM order is suppressed from TC=212K for x=0 down to TC=50Kfor x=0.3, which is accompanied by a strong suppression of saturated and effective moments, and Curie-Weiss temperature. Beyond x=0.3, the FM order is continuously ...
A Room-Temperature Ferroelectric Semimetal,
2019
University of New South Wales
A Room-Temperature Ferroelectric Semimetal, Pankaj Sharma, Fei-Xiang Xiang, Ding-Fu Shao, Dawei Zhang, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Alex R. Hamilton, Jan Seidel
Evgeny Tsymbal Publications
Coexistence of reversible polar distortions and metallicity leading to a ferroelectric metal, first suggested by Anderson and Blount in 1965, has so far remained elusive. Electrically switchable intrinsic electric polarization, together with the direct observation of ferroelectric domains, has not yet been realized in a bulk crystalline metal, although incomplete screening by mobile conduction charges should, in principle, be possible. Here, we provide evidence that native metallicity and ferroelectricity coexist in bulk crystalline van der Waals WTe2 by means of electrical transport, nanoscale piezoresponse measurements, and first-principles calculations. We show that, despite being a Weyl semimetal, WTe2 has switchable spontaneous ...
Equation Of State Of Boron Nitride Combining Computation, Modeling, And Experiment,
2019
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Equation Of State Of Boron Nitride Combining Computation, Modeling, And Experiment, Shuai Zhang, Amy Lazicki, Burkhard Militzer, Lin H. Yang, Kyle Caspersen, Jim A. Gaffney, Markus W. Däne, John E. Pask, Walter R. Johnson, Abhiraj Sharma, Phanish Suryanarayana, Duane D. Johnson, Andrey V. Smirnov, Philip A. Sterne, David Erskine, Richard A. London, Federica Coppari, Damian Swift, Joseph Nilsen, Art J. Nelson, Heather D. Whitley
Duane D. Johnson
The equation of state (EOS) of materials at warm dense conditions poses significant challenges to both theory and experiment. We report a combined computational, modeling, and experimental investigation leveraging new theoretical and experimental capabilities to investigate warm-dense boron nitride (BN). The simulation methodologies include path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC), several density functional theory (DFT) molecular dynamics methods [plane-wave pseudopotential, Fermi operator expansion (FOE), and spectral quadrature (SQ)], activity expansion (actex), and all-electron Green's function Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (mecca), and compute the pressure and internal energy of BN over a broad range of densities and temperatures. Our experiments were conducted at the ...
Anisotropy Induced Vortex Lattice Rearrangement In Cakfe4as4,
2019
Paul Scherrer Institut
Anisotropy Induced Vortex Lattice Rearrangement In Cakfe4as4, Rustem Khasanov, William R. Meier, Sergey L. Bud’Ko, Hubertus Luetkens, Paul C. Canfield, Alex Amato
Paul C. Canfield
The magnetic penetration depth anisotropy gamma(lambda) = lambda(c)/lambda(ab) (lambda(ab) and lambda(c) are the in-plane and the out-of-plane components of the magnetic penetration depth) in a CaKFe4As4 single crystal sample (the critical temperature T-c similar or equal to 35 K) was studied by means of muon-spin rotation (mu SR). gamma(lambda) is almost temperature independent for T less than or similar to 20 K (gamma(lambda) similar or equal to 1.9) and it reaches similar or equal to 3.0 by approaching T-c. The change of gamma(lambda) induces the corresponding rearrangement of the flux ...
Magnetic Structure And Magnetization Of Z -Axis Helical Heisenberg Antiferromagnets With Xy Anisotropy In High Magnetic Fields Transverse To The Helix Axis At Zero Temperature,
2019
Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Magnetic Structure And Magnetization Of Z -Axis Helical Heisenberg Antiferromagnets With Xy Anisotropy In High Magnetic Fields Transverse To The Helix Axis At Zero Temperature, David C. Johnston
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
A helix has a wave vector along the z axis with the magnetic moments ferromagnetically aligned within xy planes with a turn angle kd between the moments in adjacent planes in transverse field H=Hxˆi=0. The magnetic structure and x-axis average magnetization per spin of this system in a classical XY anisotropy field HA is studied versus kd, HA, and large Hx at zero temperature. For values of HA below a kd-dependent maximum value, the xy helix phase transitions with increasing Hx into a spin-flop (SF) phase where the ordered moments have x, y, and z components. The moments ...
