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@ARTICLE{Galivarapu:828001,
author = {Galivarapu, Jagadish K. and Kumar, D. and Banerjee, A. and
Sathe, V. and Aquilanti, Giuliana and Rath, Chandana},
title = {{E}ffect of size reduction on cation distribution and
magnetic transitions in {C}o{C}r$_{2}$ {O}$_{4}$
multiferroic: {EXAFS}, magnetic and diffused neutron
scattering measurements},
journal = {RSC Advances},
volume = {6},
number = {68},
issn = {2046-2069},
address = {London},
publisher = {RSC Publishing},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-02023},
pages = {63809 - 63819},
year = {2016},
abstract = {A rich sequence of magnetic transitions such as para to
long-range ferrimagnetic transition at Curie temperature,
TC, to a short range non-collinear spiral ordering at spiral
ordering temperature, TS, and finally to a lock in
transition, TL, are examined in ∼10 and ∼50 nm samples
of CoCr2O4 multiferroic through dc, ac magnetic measurements
and diffused neutron scattering using polarized neutrons.
Analysis of extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)
spectra and Fourier transforms of Co and Cr edges in real
(r) and momentum (k) space show no change in cation
distribution among A and B sites even after reducing the
size to the nanometer range due to the high crystal field
stabilisation energy of Cr3+ towards the B site. While TS
remains independent, TC increases from 97.2 to 100.1 K and
TL increases from 5 to 8.5 K with varying size from 10 to 50
nm. Temperature dependent ac susceptibility (χ)
measurements demonstrate that χ′ and χ′′ do not show
any dispersion behaviour in the 10 nm sample. However, we
observe splitting of χ′′ into two peaks and one of them
shows dispersion behaviour in the 50 nm sample, indicating a
core–shell structure. Magnetization vs. magnetic field
measurement show hysteresis behaviour with unsaturated
magnetization at high magnetic field indicating a
ferrimagnetic core surrounded by disordered surface spins.
Fitting of χ′′ with an empirical relation Φ =
ΔTB/TBΔlog10 ω, and memory effect measurement, further
confirm the spin-glass behaviour of the shell in the 50 nm
sample. Magnetic ordering temperatures are examined through
neutron scattering using a polarized neutron beam, and
reveal that while the para- to ferrimagnetic transition, TC,
is continuous and long-range in both nanocrystalline
particles, TS is found to be sharp, short-range, and
commensurate in 50 nm sample},
cin = {JCNS (München) ; Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS
(München) ; JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-2},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106},
pnm = {6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for
Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)DNS-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000379493900085},
doi = {10.1039/C6RA10189E},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/828001},
}