Crystal growth and characterisation of a new J1-J2 spin-chain material
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2016-11-29
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Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Abstract
Recently a new one-dimensional (1D) quantum spin chain system has been synthesised: catena-dichloro(2-Cl-3Mpy)copper(II), [where 2-Cl-3Mpy=2-chloro-3-methylpyridine] [1]. Preliminary calculations and bulk magnetic property measurements indicate that this system does not undergo magnetic ordering down to 1.8K and is a prime candidate for investigating frustration in a J1/J2 system (where the next nearest neighbour interactions, J2, are antiferromagnetic and the nearest neighbour interactions, J1, are ferromagnetic) [2].
Calculations predict 3 possible magnetic excitations below 6meV which may reveal the nature of the random static structural disorder predicted in this material. One method for directly observing the magnetic excitations is neutron scattering and measurements have been performed on the neutron Time of Flight spectrometer PELICAN at ANSTO [3]. To a first approximation, linear spin-wave theory has been used to model the expected neutron excitations for this J2/J1 system using the Matlab package SpinW. The results of this project
may provide valuable insight into the nature of magnetic frustration in materials. To optimise the observed magnetic signal via the reduction of incoherent neutron scattering, this compound was deuterated at the National Deuteration Facility at ANSTO. In this presentation we will outline our deuterated growth procedure as well as the characterisation methods performed to understand the material further. This work forms the Honours thesis project of Jack Zanardo from University of Wollongong.
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ANSTO, Time-of-flight spectrometers, Scattering, Deuteration, Antiferromagnetism, Spin waves
Citation
Zanardo, J., Rule, K. C., Krause-Heuer, A., Mole, R. A., & Lerch, M. (2016). Crystal growth and characterisation of a new J1-J2 spin-chain material. Paper presented at 13th AINSE-ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 29-30 November 2016.