Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-04-08
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
23 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
The gallium substituted and calcium deficient variants of geometrically frustrated b-CaCr2O4, b-CaCr2-2xGa2xO4 (0.02<= x<= 0.25) and b-Ca1-yCr2O4 (0.075<= y<= 0.15), have been investigated by x-ray powder diffraction, magnetization and specific heat measurements. This allows for a direct comparison of the effects, in a geometrically frustrated magnet, of the static disorder that arises from non-magnetic substitution and the dynamic disorder that arises from hole doping. In both cases, disturbing the Cr3+ lattice results in a reduction in the degree of magnetic frustration. On substitution of Ga, which introduces disorder without creating holes, a gradual release of spins from ordered antiferromagnetic states is observed. In contrast, in the calcium deficient compounds the introduction of holes induces static ferrimagnetic ordering and much stronger perturbations of the b-CaCr2O4 host.
Broholm Collin L.
Cava Robert. J.
Dutton S. E.
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