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Elektronové vlastnosti sloučenin RPd5Al2
Zubáč, Jan ; Javorský, Pavel (advisor) ; Čermák, Petr (referee)
We have studied magnetic properties of the intermetallic NdPd5Al2 com- pound by means of specific heat and magnetization measurements and neutron scattering. The compound crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group with lattice parameters a =4.147 ˚A and c =14.865 ˚A, orders antiferromagnet- ically below TN =1.3 K and presents large magnetocrystalline anisotropy due to the crystal-field effects. The obtained magnetic phase diagram is charac- terized by two distinct magnetically ordered phases similarly to structurally re- lated tetragonal RTX5 and R2TX8 compounds. The zero-field antiferromagnetic phase is characterized by the propagation vector k = (1 2 00) and antiferromag- netic coupling of Nd moments along the teragonal c-axis with the amplitude of magnetic moments of 2.22 µB/Nd as was revealed by neutron diffraction. The transition from the paramagnetic to magnetically ordered in zero field is the first-order phase transition. The CF excitations in NdPd5Al2 were detected by means of INS at 3.0 meV, 7.4 meV, 8.6 meV and 17.1 meV. We further compare our findings about CF in NdPd5Al2 obtained from INS, susceptibility analysis and first-principles calculations and confront them with the experimental mag- netization and magnetic specific heat data. Our results will be also discussed with respect to related...
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Magnetic properties of R2TIn8 and related tetragonal compounds
Čermák, Petr ; Javorský, Pavel (advisor) ; Isnard, Olivier (referee) ; Honda, Fuminori (referee)
Title: Magnetic properties of R2TIn8 and related tetragonal compounds Author: Petr Čermák Department / Institute: Department of Condensed Matter Physics Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: doc. Mgr. Pavel Javorský, Dr., Department of Condensed Matter Physics Abstract: Intermetallic compounds R2TIn8 (R = rare earth, T = transition metal), commonly called "218" because of stoichiometry, are structurally related to a class of well- known Ce-based heavy-fermions like CeCoIn5 or CeRhIn5. They are located between fully 3D cubic compound (e.g. CeIn3) and quasi-2D "115" superconductors, which makes them ideal candidates to study structural dimensionality effects on various properties. Recent developments in this field showed that it is possible to grow compounds with T = Pd or Pt with "218" stoichiometry. Therefore further study of "218" compounds is desired since much less is known about them compared to "115" compounds. We have focused mainly on the determination of magnetic structures and crystal field effects along the series of Rh based "218" compounds for various rare-earth elements. The single crystals of compounds with R = Nd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, La, Lu, Y were successfully grown. Results of bulk measurements (specific heat, susceptibility) together with magnetic structures determined from several neutron...
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Magnetocaloric properties of rare-earth compounds
Kaštil, Jiří ; Javorský, Pavel (advisor) ; Kolomiets, Alexander (referee) ; Solzi, Massimo (referee)
This work presents study of magnetocaloric properties of compounds exhibiting unusual magnetic characteristics. Several systems were studied: TbNiAl, (Tb,Y)NiAl, TbNi(Al,In), TbFeAl, GdFeAl, Ni2MnGa based compounds and amorphous metallic alloy Gd-Co-Al-Y. Influence of magneto-crystalline anisotropy on magnetocaloric effect was studied on singlecrystalline sample of TbNiAl compound. The maximum of entropy change was measured with orientation of magnetic field along c axis and compared to polycrystalline sample a 100% increase was observed. Substitutions of Y and In in TbNiAl led to a change of magnetic ordering. Both substitution led to increase of RCP values of studied material. TbFeAl and GdFeAl compounds, characterized by partial disorder of Fe and Al atoms, showed magnetocaloric effect in wide temperature region which led to interesting values of RCP~350 J kg-1 . Very broad region of magnetocaloric effect was also observed on amorphous metallic material of Gd-Co-Al-Y. The effect of Er substitution in Ni2MnGa based compound on its magneto-structural transition, connected with inverse magnetocaloric effect, was studied. The direct measurement method of adiabatic temperature change is described and instrument for such measurement, developed in collaboration with FZU AVČR, v.v.i., is presented.
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Kooperativní jevy v cerových sloučeninách na hranici magnetismu
Moudřík, Jan ; Prokleška, Jan (advisor) ; Javorský, Pavel (referee)
This work reports on physical properties of a novel CeCo0.715Si2.285 compound. The compound crystallizes in the I-4m2 space group structure with extremely elongated unit cell (a = 4.13˚A , c = 32.84˚A) containing BaAl4 structural patterns. In zero magnetic field it orders antiferromagnetically at TN = 10.0K. Under application of magnetic field along the c-axis it manifests numerous magnetic transitions in small fields (B < 0.5T), resembling the so-called 'devil's staircase' behaviour (e.g. CeSb, CeCoGe3). The magnetization is almost constant from 1T up to 45T for H||c but considerably reduced (0.3µB/Ce) with respect to the free Ce3+ ion. For fields applied along the a-axis typical behaviour for a hard axis in a material with uniaxial anisotropy is observed. The performed single crystal neutron diffraction experiment did not allow complete determination of magnetic structure. 1
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Magnetic and transport properties of f-electron compounds under extreme conditions
Míšek, Martin ; Javorský, Pavel (advisor) ; Griveau, Jean-Christophe (referee) ; Reiffers, Marián (referee)
7 Title: Magnetic and transport properties of f-electron compounds under extreme conditions Author: Martin Míšek Department/Institute: Department of Condensed Matter Physics Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: Doc. Mgr. Pavel Javorský, Dr., Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Abstract: This thesis deals with the effect of hydrostatic and uniaxial pressures on the magnetic properties of selected compounds. Main emphasis was given to the ErCo2 compound, its analogs with dysprosium and holmium at the rare-earth site and the influence of Si substitutions for the Co. In the case of pure ErCo2, we observed for the first time the pressure induced change of the type of the magnetic phase transition from the first to second order-type and the decoupling of the ordering of Er and Co magnetic sublattices. These effects were only theoretically predicted in the previously published works. Tiny anomalies in the bulk properties related to the existence and short-range ordering of Co magnetic moments in the paramagnetic phase (T > TC), recently deduced from the XMCD experiments at ambient pressure, were successfully observed in this high pressure study as well. Series of high pressure experiments on the UNiGa single crystal,...
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Determination of crystal field parameters in selected tetragonal compounds
Zubáč, Jan ; Javorský, Pavel (advisor) ; Prchal, Jiří (referee)
The thesis deals with a crystal electric field and its effect on magnetic properties of the in- termetalic tetragonal rare-earth compounds. Using the self-flux method we have prepared single crystals of two R2TIn8 type compounds, namely Nd2RhIn8 and Nd2IrIn8. These compounds or- der antiferromagnetically in low-temperature region. We have verified a proper structure through EDX analysis, X-ray powder diffraction and Laue diffraction method. Calculations of the crystal field parametres based on experimental magnetic susceptibilities data were performed. Apart from Nd2RhIn8, we have computed crystal field parameters for isostructural Nd2CoIn8 and Dy2CoIn8 compounds and cerium compound CeCuAl3. These compounds are studied simultaneously at our department.
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Studium magnetických kvantově kritických jevů na uranových sloučeninách
Opletal, Petr ; Pospíšil, Jiří (advisor) ; Javorský, Pavel (referee)
Motivation of this thesis is a study of magnetic phase diagram of the pseu- doternary system UCoxRu1−xAl. Three single crystals UCo0.19Ru0.81Al, UCo0.27Ru0.73Al and UCo0.40Ru0.60Al have been successfully prepared by Czochralski method. Composition was confirmed by EDX analysis and quality of single crystals was checked by Laue method. Crystallographic parameters and occupancies were de- termined by X-ray powder diffraction. Data analysis confirmed strong uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy (c is the easy magnetization axis) and existence of hard and soft ferromagnetic phase. Curie temperature TC = 41 K was determined for UCo0.40Ru0.60Al and phase transition from the soft ferromagnetic phase to the hard one takes place at 35 K. UCo0.27Ru0.73Al becomes ferromagnetic at TC = 18 K and the transition from the soft to the hard ferromagnetic phase takes place somewhere around 7 K. UCo0.19Ru0.81Al is paramagnetic down to 2 K. Analysis of the temperature dependence of resistivity and heat capacity reveals signatures of non-Fermi liquid behaviour due to proximity of quantum critical point. 1
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Consequences of applying the hydrostatic pressure on the structural jump in RTAl compounds
Doležal, Petr ; Prchal, Jiří (advisor) ; Javorský, Pavel (referee)
Title: Consequences of applying the hydrostatic presure on the structural jump in RTAl compounds Author: Petr Doležal Department: Department of Condensed Matter Physics Supervisor: RNDr. Jiří Prchal, PhD., Department of Condensed Matter Physics Abstract: This bachelor thesis investigates the effects of hydrostatic pressure on structural transition in GdNiAl compound (ZrNiAl-type of structure), which have not been studied yet. This structural transformation represents an existence of a range of forbidden values of the lattice parameters ratio c/a, which cannot be adopted by compounds crystallizing in this type of structure. It prefers rather a step-like change of the parameters a and c. An anomalous behavior of resistivity, which appears in the area of the transition, was used for the structural transition determination. The results are accompanied by measurements of electrical resistivity at ambient pressure. Measurements on a polycrystalline sample suggested an anomalous behavior depicting the pressure dependence of the structural transition temperature. The pressure evolution of the structural transition temperature of a virgin sample is decreasing, being a consequence of higher sensitivity of the lattice constant c. Repeating the same experiment on the same piece of sample - i.e. sample with the...
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Studium magnetismu ve sloučeninách CeTX3
Moudřík, Jan ; Prokleška, Jan (advisor) ; Javorský, Pavel (referee)
Solid solutions of BaNiSn3 type CeTX3 (T and X denote a transition met- al and Si/Ge, respectively) compounds were studied. Polycrystalline samples of solid solutions CeCoxRh1−xSi3 (x = 0.5, x = 0.8, x = 0.9 and x = 1.0) and CeIr(SixGe1−x)3 (x = 0.1, x = 0.4, x = 0.6 and x = 0.8) were successfully grown. A superconducting transition at 0.7-0.9 K was exhibited by all four compositions of the solution CeCoxRh1−xSi3. Based on measurements of specific heat, we con- clude that the superconductivity is probably caused by impurity phases. We have determined crystallographic, thermodynamic and magnetic properties of the solu- tion CeIr(SixGe1−x)3. Magnetic phase transition temperatures were established, the character of the transitions changed significantly in all four compositions, the temperatures themselves did not. 1
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Infrared Spectroscopy of Multiferroics
Goian, Veronica ; Kamba, Stanislav (advisor) ; Javorský, Pavel (referee) ; Dubroka, Adam (referee)
Infrared Spectroscopy of Multiferroics Author: Veronica Goian Institute: Department of Dielectrics, Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8 Abstract: We have investigated numerous multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials mainly using infrared (IR) spectroscopy. Nevertheless, the studies were frequently combined with radio-frequency, microwave, THz, Raman and structural measurements provided by our colleagues, as well as by magnetic and elastic investigations, where we participated. Our main aim was the complex study of quantum-paraelectric antiferromagnet EuTiO3 in the form of crystals, ceramics and thin films. Near 300 K we have discovered an antiferrodistorive phase transition from cubic mPm3 to tetragonal I4/mcm structure in bulk EuTiO3 and explained its low-frequency dielectric properties by anomalous polar phonon behavior. Large and anisotropic magnetodielectric effect, which we found in EuTiO3, was successfully explained and experimentally confirmed by observation of tuning of phonon frequency with magnetic field. Our IR studies of tensile strained EuTiO3 thin films revealed a displacive ferroelectric phase transition near 250 K. Our American colleagues revealed the ferromagnetic order below 4.2 K in the same strained EuTiO3 thin film. In such way we have...
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