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The ground-state properties of new (RE, U) nTIn3n+2 intermetallic compounds
Kratochvílová, Marie ; Custers, Jeroen (advisor) ; Abd-Elmeguid, Mohsen (referee) ; De Boer, Frank Roelof (referee)
The ground-state properties of f-electron compounds are characterized by strong interactions which lead to a plethora of exotic states. In this thesis we focused on compounds crystallizing in the tetragonal HonCoGa3n+2-type structure. Several new compounds have been synthesized from In-flux; particularly enigmatic are Ce3TIn11 (T = Pd, Pt). These compounds possess two inequivalent Ce-sites and reveal coexistence of antiferromagnetic order and heavy fermion superconductivity at ambient pressure. This coexistence can be explained in the framework of two-Kondo ion lattice model, assuming one Ce-site being completely Kondo screened with the 4f-electron behaving itinerant and participating in superconductivity while the second Ce-site retains its local character giving rise to magnetic order via the RKKY interaction. The influence of crystal electric field on the magnetic ground state has been investigated on the Kondo compound Ce2RhIn8 by means of neutron experiments. U2RhIn8 and URhIn5 behave like transition-metal antiferromagnets, contrary to Ce(4f)-counterparts. The 5f-states are entirely hybridized and Kondo interactions play no role. Neither does it in the investigated RE2CoIn8 (RE = Pr, Nd, Dy) compounds which exhibit strong localized 4f-electron behavior. Here, the influence of strong...
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Supravodivost a magnetismus uranových sloučenin
Vališka, Michal ; Pospíšil, Jiří (advisor) ; Custers, Jeroen (referee)
Cílem této práce je studium systému UCo1−xRuxGe nacházejícího se na rozhraní magnetické nestability. Podrobná studie magnetických a transportních vlastností po- lykrystal· s r·zným obsahem ruthenia odhalila komplexní změnu těchto parametr· v rámci celé série. UCoGe je slabý ferromagnet s TC ∼ 3 K a malým magnetickým momentem 0.035 µB/f.u. Pozorovali jsme strmý nár·st těchto hodnot až po hodnotu koncentrace ruthenia xmax ≈ 0.1(TC,max = 9 K a µ0 = 0.11 µB). Podstata tohoto ná- r·stu byla studována na mono krystalu o složení UCo0.88Ru0.12Ge získaném metodou plovoucí zóny. Difrakce polarizovaných neutron· provedená na tomto krystalu se slo- žením UCo0.88Ru0.12Ge vysvětlila posílení magnetismu změnou vzájemné orientace magnetických moment· na iontu uranu a kobaltu. Antiparalelní uspořádání, které bylo dříve publikováno pro UCoGe je změněno na paralelní uspořádání v dopova- ném UCo0.88Ru0.12Ge kdy dojde k reorientaci momentu na kobaltu. Silná anizotropie UCo0.88Ru0.12Ge se promítá do teplotní závislosti odporu a teplotní roztažnosti, které se dramaticky liší pro všechny tři osy. Tento prvotní nár·st TC a magnetického mo- mentu je následován poklesem směřujícím ke koncentraci xcr ≈ 0.31 kde magnetické uspořádání mizí. Podrobná studie kritických exponent· teplotních závislostí elek- trického odporu,...
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Studium magnetických a termodynamických vlastností ternárních sloučenin se silně korelovanými 4f elektrony.
Kratochvílová, Marie ; Pospíšil, Jiří (advisor) ; Custers, Jeroen (referee)
We have studied two different systems of compounds, YPd2Al3 and CenTmIn3n+2m. Polycrystalline YPd2Al3, a new member of the REPd2Al3 system, was prepared by arc melting. The X-ray diffraction confirmed that YPd2Al3 crystallizes in the hexagonal PrNi2Al3-type structure as the other REPd2Al3 compounds. Magnetization, AC susceptibility, specific heat and resistivity measurements revealed superconductivity below Ts ≈ 2.2 K. The second part of the work was focused on studies of Ce2PdIn8 and Pd-doped CenRhIn3n+2. Single crystals of Ce2Rh1-xPdxIn8 with x = 0, 0.10, 0.15, 0.30, 0.45, 0.85, 1 and CeRh1-xPdxIn5 with x = 0, 0.1, 0.25 were prepared by solution growth method. The quality of crystals was confirmed by microprobe analysis and X-ray diffraction. The effect of Pd doping on magnetism of CenRh1-xPdxIn3n+2 was studied by specific heat, magnetization and resistivity measurements. The Pd doping gradually suppresses the Néel temperature in both systems, however the effect is stronger in Ce2Rh1-xPdxIn8. Temperature dependence of resistivity of CeRh0.75Pd0.25In5 was studied in pressure up to 2.2 GPa. Similar to CeRhIn5, the antiferromagnetism is gradually suppressed by the applied pressure, while superconductivity is induced and coexists with antiferromagnetism.
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