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Doping effects in the coupled, two-leg spin ladder BiCu(2)PO(6)

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Title Doping effects in the coupled, two-leg spin ladder BiCu(2)PO(6)
 
Creator KOTESWARARAO, B
MAHAJAN, AV
ALEXANDER, LK
BOBROFF, J
 
Subject antiferromagnetic correlations
nonmagnetic impurities
magnetic-properties
crystal-structure
single-crystals
zn
gap
thermodynamics
enhancement
compound
 
Description We report preparation, x-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility chi(T) and heat capacity C(p)(T) measurements on undoped samples as well as samples with Zn-doped (S = 0) at the Cu site BiCu(2(1-x))Zn(2x)PO(6), Ni-doped (S = 1) at the Cu site BiCu(2(1-y))Ni(2y)PO(6), and Ca doped (holes) at the Bi site Bi(1-z)Ca(z)Cu(2)PO(6) in the coupled two-leg spin ladder system BiCu(2)PO(6). While, Zn shows complete solid solubility, Ni could be doped to about 20% and Ca to about 15%. Magnetization and heat capacity data in the undoped compound point towards the existence of frustration effects. In all the samples, the chi(T) at low temperature increases with doping content. The Zn-induced susceptibility is smaller than that due to effective S = 1/2 moments, possibly due to frustrating next-nearest-neighbor interactions along the leg. For Zn content x > 0.01, chi(T) deviates from the Curie law at low temperatures. The magnetic specific heat data C(m)(T) for the Zn-doped samples show weak anomalies at low temperature, in agreement with the chi(T) behavior. The anomalies are suggestive of spin freezing at low-T. In contrast, prominent effects are observed in chi(T) and C(m)(T) on Ni-doped samples. The zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) chi(T) data are different from each other at low temperature, unlike that for Zn-doped samples, clearly indicating a transition to a spin-glass-like phase. No anomalies were found in Ca- or Pb-doped samples.
 
Publisher IOP PUBLISHING LTD
 
Date 2011-08-03T15:43:43Z
2011-12-26T12:54:17Z
2011-12-27T05:41:56Z
2011-08-03T15:43:43Z
2011-12-26T12:54:17Z
2011-12-27T05:41:56Z
2010
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 22(3), -
0953-8984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/22/3/035601
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/9078
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/9078
 
Language en