The first-order magnetoelastic transition in Eu2In: A 151Eu Mössbauer study

D. H. Ryan; Durga Paudyal; Francois Guillou; Yaroslav Mudryk; Arjun K. Pathak; Vitalij K. Pecharsky

doi:10.1063/1.5129683

AIP Advances (Dec 2019)

The first-order magnetoelastic transition in Eu2In: A 151Eu Mössbauer study

D. H. Ryan,
Durga Paudyal,
Francois Guillou,
Yaroslav Mudryk,
Arjun K. Pathak,
Vitalij K. Pecharsky

Affiliations

D. H. Ryan: Physics Department and Centre for the Physics of Materials, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
Durga Paudyal: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3020, USA
Francois Guillou: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3020, USA
Yaroslav Mudryk: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3020, USA
Arjun K. Pathak: Department of Physics, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, New York 14222, USA
Vitalij K. Pecharsky: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3020, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5129683
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 12
pp. 125137 – 125137-4

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Our 151Eu Mössbauer investigation of Eu2In and Eu2Sn shows that the europium in both materials is fully divalent. We confirm the distinct thermodynamic orders of the magnetic transitions and reveal a remarkable difference between the magnetic environments of the europium atoms in the two compounds. Possible structural and electronic origins for these differences are discussed using DFT calculations.

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ISSN: 2158-3226 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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