Published March 31, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetism of pure and electron-doped BaVS3 as seen from μSR

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica e Unita CNISM, Universita di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, I-43100 Parma (Italy)
  • 2. Istituto IMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43100 Parma (Italy)
  • 3. CRETA-CNRS, 25, Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9 (France)
  • 4. Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen (Switzerland)

Description

We report zero-field μSR experiments on two Ba1-xLaxVS3 samples (x=0 and 0.1). Muon spin rotation confirmed a magnetic ground state in both compounds, but also revealed for the stoichiometric material an ordering temperature much lower than any previously reported one. Along with the observed stabilization of magnetism in the electron-doped compound, this suggests that magnetism in the nominally undoped BaVS3 is essentially an extrinsic property, possibly related to slight deviations from the stoichiometry, and that the perfectly pure material is non-magnetic

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.012;
PII
S0921-4526(05)01210-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
374-375
Journal Page Range
p. 44-46
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
10. international conference on muon spin rotation, relaxation and resonance
Dates
8-12 Aug 2005
Place
Oxford (United Kingdom)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.