S M Yusuf
Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics
Volume 63 Issue 1 July 2004 pp 133-141
We have investigated magnetic correlations in various CMR manganites on macroscopic, mesoscopic and microscopic length scales by carrying out DC magnetization, neutron depolarization, and neutron diffraction measurements. We present here the effect of substituting Mn with Fe and La with Dy in the ferromagnetic La0.7−xCaxMnO3 (
Volume 63 Issue 2 August 2004 pp 239-244
Magnetic structure of molecular magnet Fe[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O
We have studied the magnetic structure of Fe[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O, prepared by precipitation method, using neutron diffraction technique. Temperature dependent DC magnetization study down to 4.2 K shows that the compound undergoes from a high temperature disordered (paramagnetic) to an ordered magnetic phase transition at 22.6 K. Rietveld analysis of neutron diffraction pattern at 60 K (in its paramagnetic phase) revealed a face centred cubic structure with space group Fm3m. The structure contains three-dimensional network of straight Fe3+-C≡N-Fe3+ chains along the edges of the unit cell cube. Fe3+ ions occupy 4a (0, 0, 0) and 4b (1/2, 1/2, 1/2) positions. Fe3+(0, 0, 0) is surrounded octahedrally by six nitrogen atoms and Fe3+ (1/2, 1/2, 1/2) is surrounded octahedrally by six carbon atoms. Magnetic Rietveld refinement of neutron diffraction data at 11 K shows a ferromagnetic coupling between the two inequivalent Fe3+ sites. Refinement yielded an ordered moment of 4.4(6) and 0.8(6) μB per Fe ion located at (0, 0, 0) and (1/2, 1/2, 1/2), respectively. Ordered moments are found to align along the face diagonal. The observed net moment from low temperature neutron diffraction study is consistent with DC magnetization results.
Volume 63 Issue 2 August 2004 pp 251-255
Low-temperature neutron diffraction study of La0.95Nd0.05CrO3
Keka R Chakraborty S M Yusuf P S R Krishna M Ramanadham A K Tyagi
We have synthesized polycrystalline La0.95Nd0.05CrO3 sample by doping the La-site of LaCrO3 with Nd and its magnetic properties have been studied using DC magnetization and neutron diffraction techniques. DC magnetization study shows a paramagnetic to a weak ferromagnetic-like transition at ∼295 K followed by signatures of a spin reorientation phenomenon at 233 and 166 K and, finally a transition to an antiferromagnetic-like phase at ∼21 K. Low-temperature neutron diffraction measurements confirm a weak ferrimagnetic ordering of Cr3+ moments at all temperatures below 295 K.
Volume 71 Issue 4 October 2008 pp 695-704 Invited Papers
Magnetic correlations in oxides: Neutron diffraction and neutron depolarization study
We have studied magnetic correlations in several oxide materials that belong to colossal magnetoresistive, naturally occurring layered oxide showing low-dimensional magnetic ordering, solid oxide fuel cell interconnect materials, and magnetic nanoparticles using neutron diffraction and neutron depolarization techniques. In this paper, an overview of some of these results is given.
Volume 71 Issue 5 November 2008 pp 917-921 Neutron Diffraction
Structural and magnetic properties of the layered compound Ca2.375La0.125Sr0.5GaMn2O8
The brownmillerite-type layered compound Ca2.375La0.125Sr0.5GaMn2O8 has been synthesized. The crystal and magnetic structures have been refined by the Rietveld analysis of the neutron powder diffraction patterns at 300 and 20 K. This compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic symmetry under the space group Pcm21 ($a = 5.447(2)$, $b = 11.359(4)$ and $c = 5.322(2)$ Å). The compound is found to be antiferromagnetic at 20 K. The ordered Mn magnetic moment, aligned along the crystallographic 𝑏-direction, is derived to be $2.53(5) \mu_{B}$ per Mn ion at 20 K.
Volume 71 Issue 5 November 2008 pp 923-927 Neutron Diffraction
Neutron diffraction study of quasi-one-dimensional spin-chain compounds Ca3Co$_{2−x}$Fe$_{x}$O6
Anil Jain S M Yusuf Sher Singh
We report the results of the DC magnetization, neutron powder diffraction and neutron depolarization studies on the spin-chain compounds Ca3Co$_{2−x}$Fe$_{x}$O6 ($x = 0$, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4). Rietveld refinement of neutron powder diffraction patterns at room temperature confirms the single-phase formation for all the compounds in rhombohedral structure with space group R$\bar{3}$c. Rietveld refinement also confirms that Fe was doped at the trigonal prism site, 6a (0, 0, 1/4) of Co. The high temperature magnetic susceptibility obeys the Curie–Weiss law; the value of the paramagnetic Curie temperature ($\theta_{p}$) decreases as the concentration of iron increases and it becomes negative for $x = 0.4$. No extra Bragg peak as well as no observable enhancement in the intensity of the fundamental (nuclear) Bragg peaks has been observed in the neutron diffraction patterns down to 30 K. No depolarization of neutron beam has been observed down to 3 K confirming the absence of ferro- or ferrimagnetic-like correlation.
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