Magnetic Ordering Competition Leading to Disorder Betweeen CeIn3 and NdIn3

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Abstract

Both CeIn3 and NdIn3 crystallize in the same cubic structure (Pm-3m) and show antiferromagnetic ordering below 10.1 K and 5.9 K, respectively. We investigate the magnetic ordering of single crystals of Ce1−xNdxIn3 and discover a region of frustrated magnetism near x ∼ 0.45 where the magnetic order is suppressed to below 1.8 K. In this region, the two antiferromagnetic orderings appear to be in competition with one another despite the fact that antiferromagnetic interactions are still observed. We present the sample synthesis and characterizations, as well as a discussion of the observed magnetic properties in the context of heavy-fermion behavior, Kondo interactions, and magnetic anisotropy.

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Presenters

  • Jackson Robert Badger

    Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis

Authors

  • Jackson Robert Badger

    Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis

  • Rumika Miyawaki

    Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University

  • Peter Klavins

    Department of Physics, University of California, Davis

  • Zachary Brubaker

    Department of Physics, University of California, Davis

  • Rena Zieve

    University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis

  • Tatsuma D. Matsuda

    Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University

  • Valentin Taufour

    Department of Physics, University of California, Davis