Abstract
We present experimental results of complex susceptibility, static magnetization, magnetic relaxation, specific heat, and electrical resistivity measurements on an intermetallic compound Nd2AgIn3. The results indicated that Nd2AgIn3 undergoes a spin-glass transition at a freezing temperature Tf=12.6 K accompanied with the formation of short-range antiferromagnetic order. The mechanism of formation of spin-glass state in Nd2AgIn3 is different from that in diluted metallic spin-glass or uranium intermetallic compound. The existences of frustrated moments due to the triangles of nearest neighbors in Nd atomic layers and randomly distributed Ruderman-Kittle-Kasuya-Yosida interactions may be responsible for the spin glass state formed in Nd2AgIn3.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4183-4185 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 25 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 Dec 17 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)