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Magnetism of rare earth tetraborides

Creators

  • 1. Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Materialien und Energie GmbH, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin (Germany)
  • 2. Forschungszentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstr. 400, D-01328 Dresden (Germany)
  • 3. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, SK - 04001 Kotice (Slovakia)
  • 4. Institute for Problems of Material Science, Ukraine Academy of Science, Krzhyzhanovsky 3, UA 03680 Kiev (Ukraine)

Description

The rare earth tetraborides REB4 with RE = Ho, Er, Tm, crystallize in a tetragonal lattice where the positions of the RE ions can be mapped to a Shastry Sutherland lattice. We have investigated the magnetic properties by means of magnetisation and specific heat experiments in a magnetic field. All compounds are anisotropic, with RE= Er, Tm they are strong Ising magnets, for RE = Ho we find xy anisotropy. In magnetic field we find complex behaviour with a number of different phases as a function of applied field, field direction and temperature. Remarkable is the observation of fractional magnetisation plateaux for magnetic field || (001) in HoB4 and TmB4.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/200/3/032041

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/200/3/032041;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
200
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
international conference on magnetism
Acronym
ICM 2009
Dates
26-31 Jul 2009
Place
Karlsruhe (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42041551
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; BORIDES; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; HOLMIUM BORIDES; HOLMIUM COMPOUNDS; IONS; ISING MODEL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; RHENIUM IONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TETRAGONAL LATTICES; THULIUM COMPOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
BORIDES; BORON COMPOUNDS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL MODELS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT; HOLMIUM COMPOUNDS; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES