Contrasting magnetic behavior of fine particles of some Kondo Lattices

Details Contrasting magnetic behavior of fine particles of some Kondo Lattices Contrasting magnetic behavior of fine particles of some Kondo Lattices

2011-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/1111.6370v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

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We have investigated the magnetic behavior of ball-milled fine particles of well-known Kondo lattices, CeAu2Si2, CePd2Si2 and CeAl2, by magnetization and heat-capacity studies in order to understand the magnetic behavior when the particle size is reduced. These compounds have been known to order antiferromagnetically in the bulk form near (TN=) 10, 10 and 3.8 K respectively. We find that the features due to magnetic ordering get suppressed to temperatures below 1.8 K in the case of fine particles of ternary alloys, though trivalence of Ce as inferred from the effective moment remains unchanged. In contrast to this, in CeAl2, there appears to be a marginal enhancement of TN, when the particle size is reduced to less than a micron. These results can be consistently understood by proposing that there is relatively more 4f-localization as the particle size is reduced, resulting in weakening of exchange interaction strength.

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