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@ARTICLE{Nair:172356,
author = {Nair, Harikrishnan and Fu, Zhendong and Voigt, Jörg and
Su, Yixi and Brückel, Thomas},
title = {{A}pproaching the true ground state of frustrated {A}-site
spinels: {A} combined magnetization and polarized neutron
scattering study},
journal = {Physical review / B},
volume = {89},
number = {17},
issn = {1098-0121},
address = {College Park, Md.},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {FZJ-2014-05836},
pages = {174431},
year = {2014},
abstract = {We re-investigate the magnetically frustrated,
diamond-lattice-antiferromagnet spinels FeAl2O4 and MnAl2O4
using magnetization measurements and diffuse scattering of
polarized neutrons. In FeAl2O4, macroscopic measurements
evidence a “cusp” in zero field-cooled susceptibility
around 13 K. Dynamic magnetic susceptibility and memory
effect experiments provide results that do not conform with
a canonical spin-glass scenario in this material. Through
polarized neutron-scattering studies, absence of long-range
magnetic order down to 4 K is confirmed in FeAl2O4. By
modeling the powder averaged differential magnetic
neutron-scattering cross section, we estimate that the
spin-spin correlations in this compound extend up to the
third nearest-neighbor shell. The estimated value of the
Landé g factor points towards orbital contributions from
Fe2+. This is also supported by a Curie-Weiss analysis of
the magnetic susceptibility. MnAl2O4, on the contrary,
undergoes a magnetic phase transition into a long-range
ordered state below ≈40 K, which is confirmed by
macroscopic measurements and polarized neutron diffraction.
However, the polarized neutron studies reveal the existence
of prominent spin fluctuations co-existing with long-range
antiferromagnetic order. The magnetic diffuse intensity
suggests a similar short-range order as in FeAl2O4. Results
of the present work support the importance of spin-spin
correlations in understanding magnetic response of
frustrated magnets like A-site spinels which have
predominant short-range spin correlations reminiscent of the
“spin-liquid” state.},
cin = {JCNS-2 / PGI-4 / JARA-FIT / JCNS (München) ; Jülich
Centre for Neutron Science JCNS (München) ; JCNS-FRM-II},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218},
pnm = {422 - Spin-based and quantum information (POF2-422) / 424 -
Exploratory materials and phenomena (POF2-424) / 542 -
Neutrons (POF2-542) / 544 - In-house Research with PNI
(POF2-544) / 54G - JCNS (POF2-54G24)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-422 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-424 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF2-542 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-544 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF2-54G24},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)DNS-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000336752500005},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.89.174431},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/172356},
}