We study the influence of Cr doping on magnetic properties ofα-RuCl3 single crystals in detail.With increasing Cr content,the c-axial lattice parameter increases gradually,implying that the Cr doping may weaken the i...We study the influence of Cr doping on magnetic properties ofα-RuCl3 single crystals in detail.With increasing Cr content,the c-axial lattice parameter increases gradually,implying that the Cr doping may weaken the interlayer interactions.The magnetism of Ru1-xCrxCl3 single crystals evolves from a long-range AFM order to a possible spin-glass state with Cr doping.The appearance of a possible spin-glass state can be explained by the introduction of FM interaction by Cr3+ions,which competes with the AFM interaction between Ru3+ions.Noreover,the larger magnetic moment of Cr3+ion with S=3/2 than Ru3+ion with Jeff=1/2 also results in a monotonic increase of the effective moment of Ru1-xCrxCl3 single crystal.展开更多
基金Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China(Grant Nos.15XNLQ07,18XNLG14,and 19XNLG17)。
文摘We study the influence of Cr doping on magnetic properties ofα-RuCl3 single crystals in detail.With increasing Cr content,the c-axial lattice parameter increases gradually,implying that the Cr doping may weaken the interlayer interactions.The magnetism of Ru1-xCrxCl3 single crystals evolves from a long-range AFM order to a possible spin-glass state with Cr doping.The appearance of a possible spin-glass state can be explained by the introduction of FM interaction by Cr3+ions,which competes with the AFM interaction between Ru3+ions.Noreover,the larger magnetic moment of Cr3+ion with S=3/2 than Ru3+ion with Jeff=1/2 also results in a monotonic increase of the effective moment of Ru1-xCrxCl3 single crystal.