TY - JOUR
T1 - A combined study of the magnetic properties of GdCrO4
AU - Jimenez-Melero, Enrique
AU - Gubbens, P. C M
AU - Steenvoorden, M. P.
AU - Sakarya, S.
AU - Goosens, A.
AU - De Réotier, P. Dalmas
AU - Yaouanc, A.
AU - Rodríguez-Carvajal, J.
AU - Beuneu, B.
AU - Isasi, J.
AU - Sáez-Puche, R.
AU - Zimmerman, U.
AU - Martínez, J. L.
PY - 2006/8/30
Y1 - 2006/8/30
N2 - We have performed a detailed study of the magnetic properties of GdCrO 4 at low temperatures by complementary use of different macroscopic and microscopic physical techniques. A ferromagnetic order is established in this oxide below TC ≤ 22K. The ordered magnetic moments of the Cr5+ ions are located along the crystallographic c-axis, forming an angle of ≈24° with the ordered moments of the Gd3+ ions. Surprisingly, only 20% of the Gd3+ sublattice orders at the Curie temperature of 22K, while the remaining 80% stays paramagnetic down to around 10K. This 80% of the Gd3+ ions may be ascribed to a low-temperature orthorhombic phase. Moreover, the Gd3+ magnetic order seems to be triggered by a relatively large transferred hyperfine field coming from the Cr5+ sublattice. © 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd.
AB - We have performed a detailed study of the magnetic properties of GdCrO 4 at low temperatures by complementary use of different macroscopic and microscopic physical techniques. A ferromagnetic order is established in this oxide below TC ≤ 22K. The ordered magnetic moments of the Cr5+ ions are located along the crystallographic c-axis, forming an angle of ≈24° with the ordered moments of the Gd3+ ions. Surprisingly, only 20% of the Gd3+ sublattice orders at the Curie temperature of 22K, while the remaining 80% stays paramagnetic down to around 10K. This 80% of the Gd3+ ions may be ascribed to a low-temperature orthorhombic phase. Moreover, the Gd3+ magnetic order seems to be triggered by a relatively large transferred hyperfine field coming from the Cr5+ sublattice. © 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd.
U2 - 10.1088/0953-8984/18/34/004
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/18/34/004
M3 - Article
SN - 0953-8984
VL - 18
SP - 7893
EP - 7904
JO - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
JF - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
IS - 34
M1 - 004
ER -