Magnetic phase diagram and cluster glasslike properties of stage-1 graphite-intercalated FeCl3

Journal Article (2022)
Author(s)

J. J.B. Levinsky (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

R. Scholtens (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Catherine Pappas (TU Delft - RST/Neutron and Positron Methods in Materials)

Graeme R. Blake (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Research Group
RST/Neutron and Positron Methods in Materials
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© 2022 J. J.B. Levinsky, R. Scholtens, C. Pappas, G. R. Blake
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.054418
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Publication Year
2022
Language
English
Copyright
© 2022 J. J.B. Levinsky, R. Scholtens, C. Pappas, G. R. Blake
Research Group
RST/Neutron and Positron Methods in Materials
Issue number
5
Volume number
105
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Abstract

We present a comprehensive investigation of the magnetic properties of stage-1 graphite intercalated FeCl3 using a combination of DC and AC magnetic susceptibility, thermoremanent magnetization, and field-dependent magnetization measurements. This van der Waals system, with a centrosymmetric honeycomb lattice, combines frustration and disorder, due to intercalation, and may be hosting topologically nontrivial magnetic phases. Our study identifies two magnetic phase transitions at Tf1≈4.2 K and at Tf2≈2.7 K. We find that the paramagnetic state, for T>Tf1, is dominated by short-range ferromagnetic correlations. These build up well above Tf1 and lead to a significant change in magnetic entropy, which reaches ΔSMPk=-5.52 J kg-1K-1 at 7 T. Between Tf1 and Tf2, we observe slow spin dynamics characteristic of a cluster glasslike state, whereas for T<Tf2, our results indicate the onset of a low-temperature long-range ordered state. The analysis of the experimental results leads to a complex phase diagram, which may serve as a reference for future investigations searching for topological nontrivial phases in this system.

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