Magnetic materials with non-collinear spin orderings provide an outstanding platform to probe spin-tronic phenomena owing to their strong spin-orbit coupling(SOC)and unique Berry phase.It is thus important to obtain a...Magnetic materials with non-collinear spin orderings provide an outstanding platform to probe spin-tronic phenomena owing to their strong spin-orbit coupling(SOC)and unique Berry phase.It is thus important to obtain a non-collinear antiferromagnetic(AFM)phase at room temperature(RT).Signifi-cantly,the discovery of novel materials with nearly zero thermal expansion(ZTE)property near RT is required and pursued for avoiding thermal stress and fracture in spintronic devices.Herein,the doping of Sn(Ge)at the Ag site in the triangular lattice Mn_(3)Ag_(1-x)Sn(Ge)_(x)N compounds increases effectively the Neel point and makes the interesting non-collinearГ^(5g)AFM phase exist above RT.The magnetic phase diagrams withГ^(5g)phase up to 498 K were built by the combined analysis of neutron powder diffraction(NPD),magnetic measurements,electronic transport,and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC).The thermal expansion behaviors of Mn_(3)Ag_(1-x)Sn(Ge)_(x)N were modulated,and the nearly ZTE above RT was achieved in Mn_(3)Ag_(0.5)Ge_(0.5)N withinГ^(5g)AFM ordering.Our findings offer an effective way to tailor the non-collinear AFM ordering and correlated thermal expansion behavior for potential use in the emerging field of thermal stress-free magnetic chip materials.展开更多
基金supported by the financial support of National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFA1402600)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(52272264)+1 种基金Sino-German Mobility Programme Project(M-0273)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2022A1515140117).
文摘Magnetic materials with non-collinear spin orderings provide an outstanding platform to probe spin-tronic phenomena owing to their strong spin-orbit coupling(SOC)and unique Berry phase.It is thus important to obtain a non-collinear antiferromagnetic(AFM)phase at room temperature(RT).Signifi-cantly,the discovery of novel materials with nearly zero thermal expansion(ZTE)property near RT is required and pursued for avoiding thermal stress and fracture in spintronic devices.Herein,the doping of Sn(Ge)at the Ag site in the triangular lattice Mn_(3)Ag_(1-x)Sn(Ge)_(x)N compounds increases effectively the Neel point and makes the interesting non-collinearГ^(5g)AFM phase exist above RT.The magnetic phase diagrams withГ^(5g)phase up to 498 K were built by the combined analysis of neutron powder diffraction(NPD),magnetic measurements,electronic transport,and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC).The thermal expansion behaviors of Mn_(3)Ag_(1-x)Sn(Ge)_(x)N were modulated,and the nearly ZTE above RT was achieved in Mn_(3)Ag_(0.5)Ge_(0.5)N withinГ^(5g)AFM ordering.Our findings offer an effective way to tailor the non-collinear AFM ordering and correlated thermal expansion behavior for potential use in the emerging field of thermal stress-free magnetic chip materials.
