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Háskóli Íslands |
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University of Iceland |
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Novoselova, Iuliia P. |
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Petruhins, Andrejs |
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Wiedwald, Ulf |
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Ingason, Árni Sigurdur |
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Hase, Thomas |
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Magnus, Fridrik |
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Kapaklis, Vassilios |
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Palisaitis, Justinas |
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Spasova, Marina |
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Farle, Michael |
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Rosen, Johanna |
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Salikhov, Ruslan |
dc.date.accessioned |
2018-07-27T13:51:35Z |
dc.date.available |
2018-07-27T13:51:35Z |
dc.date.issued |
2018-02-08 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Novoselova, I. P., Petruhins, A., Wiedwald, U., Ingason, Á. S., Hase, T., Magnus, F., . . . Salikhov, R. (2018). Large uniaxial magnetostriction with sign inversion at the first order phase transition in the nanolaminated Mn2GaC MAX phase. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 2637. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20903- |
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2045-2322 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/749 |
dc.description.abstract |
In 2013, a new class of inherently nanolaminated magnetic materials, the so called magnetic MAX phases, was discovered. Following predictive material stability calculations, the hexagonal Mn2GaC compound was synthesized as hetero-epitaxial films containing Mn as the exclusive M-element. Recent theoretical and experimental studies suggested a high magnetic ordering temperature and non-collinear antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin states as a result of competitive ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic exchange interactions. In order to assess the potential for practical applications of Mn2GaC, we have studied the temperature-dependent magnetization, and the magnetoresistive, magnetostrictive as well as magnetocaloric properties of the compound. The material exhibits two magnetic phase transitions. The Néel temperature is T N ~ 507 K, at which the system changes from a collinear AFM state to the paramagnetic state. At T t = 214 K the material undergoes a first order magnetic phase transition from AFM at higher temperature to a non-collinear AFM spin structure. Both states show large uniaxial c-axis magnetostriction of 450 ppm. Remarkably, the magnetostriction changes sign, being compressive (negative) above T t and tensile (positive) below the T t . The sign change of the magnetostriction is accompanied by a sign change in the magnetoresistance indicating a coupling among the spin, lattice and electrical transport properties. |
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We acknowledge Mehmet Acet and Franziska Scheibel for discussions. R.S. acknowledges funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Grant No. SA 3095/2-1. J.R. acknowledges support from the Swedish Research Council (642-2013-8020), the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) through the Synergy Grant FUNCASE, and from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg (KAW) Foundation for a Fellowship Grant and Project funding (KAW 2015.0043). U.W. gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of Increase Competitiveness Program of NUST «MISiS» №K3-2017-022. I. P.N. acknowledges DAAD Scholarship “Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany 2016/17” 57214224. XMaS, BM28 is a mid-range facility supported by UK Engineering and Physical science research council (EPSRC) and we are grateful to all the beam line team staff for their support. |
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en |
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Springer Nature |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Scientific Reports;8(1) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Electronic properties and materials |
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Magnetic properties and materials |
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Phase transitions and critical phenomena |
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Eðlisfræði |
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Segulmagn |
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Rafeindafræði |
dc.title |
Large uniaxial magnetostriction with sign inversion at the first order phase transition in the nanolaminated Mn2GaC MAX phase |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
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Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
Scientific Reports |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.1038/s41598-018-20903-2 |
dc.contributor.department |
Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ) |
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Science Institute (UI) |
dc.contributor.school |
Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ) |
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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI) |