Effective decoupling of ferromagnetic sublattices by frustration in Heusler alloys

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作者
Cugini, F. [1 ,2 ]
Chicco, S. [1 ]
Orlandi, F. [3 ]
Allodi, G. [1 ]
Bonfa, P. [1 ]
Vezzoni, V. [1 ]
Miroshkina, O. N. [4 ,5 ]
Gruner, M. E. [4 ,5 ]
Righi, L. [2 ,6 ]
Fabbrici, S. [2 ]
Albertini, F. [2 ]
De Renzi, R. [1 ]
Solzi, M. [1 ,2 ]
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[1] Univ Parma, Dept Math Phys & Comp Sci, Parco Area Sci 7 A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
[2] IMEM CNR, Inst Mat Elect & Magnetism, Natl Res Council, Parco Area Sci 37 A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
[3] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Pulsed Neutron Fac, STFC, Chilton OX110QX, England
[4] Univ Duisburg Essen, Dept Phys, Lotharstr 1, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany
[5] Univ Duisburg Essen, Ctr Nanointegrat, CENIDE, Lotharstr 1, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany
[6] Univ Parma, Dept Chem Life Sci & Environm Sustainabil, Parco Area Sci 11 A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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10.1103/PhysRevB.105.174434
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Magnetic frustration in ferromagnetic metallic systems is unusual due to the long-range and symmetric nature of the exchange interactions. In this work we prove that it is possible to obtain a highly frustrated ferromagnetic phase in a multisublattices cubic structure through a fine-tuning of the magnetic interactions. This peculiar state is achieved in Ni-Mn-(In, Sn) Heusler alloys and results in the effective decoupling of their two intertwined ferromagnetic sublattices. One sublattice is ferromagnetic long-range ordered below the macroscopic Curie temperature (TC) whereas the second one remains disordered until a crossover to a polarized state occurs at T << TC. This result points out that a fine engineering of the magnetic interactions in metallic systems can lead to interesting novel and emergent phenomena.
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