The iridium double perovskite Sr2YIrO6 revisited: A combined structural and specific heat study

Recently, the iridate double perovskite Sr$_2$YIrO$_6$ has attracted considerable attention due to the report of unexpected magnetism in this Ir$^{5+}$ (5d$^4$) material, in which according to the J$_{eff}$ model, a non-magnetic ground state is expected. However, in recent works on polycrystalline samples of the series Ba$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$YIrO$_6$ no indication of magnetic transitions have been found. We present a structural, magnetic and thermodynamic characterization of Sr$_2$YIrO$_6$ single crystals, with emphasis on the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the specific heat. Here, we demonstrate the clue role of single crystal X-ray diffraction on the structural characterization of the Sr$_2$YIrO$_6$ double perovskite crystals by reporting the detection of a $\sqrt{2}a \times \sqrt{2}a \times 1c$ supercell, where $a$, $b$ and $c$ are the unit cell dimensions of the reported monoclinic subcell. In agreement with the expected non-magnetic ground state of Ir$^{5+}$ (5d$^4$) in Sr$_2$YIrO$_6$, no magnetic transition is observed down to 430~mK. Moreover, our results suggest that the low temperature anomaly observed in the specific heat is not related to the onset of long-range magnetic order. Instead, it is identified as a Schottky anomaly caused by paramagnetic impurities present in the sample, of the order of $n \sim 0.5(2)$ \%. These impurities lead to non-negligible spin correlations, which nonetheless, are not associated with long-range magnetic ordering.Comment: 20 pages, 10 figure

Iridium double perovskite Sr2YIrO6: A combined structural and specific heat study

© 2017 American Physical Society.Recently, the iridate double perovskite Sr2YIrO6 has attracted considerable attention due to the report of unexpected magnetism in this Ir5+ (5d4) material, in which according to the Jeff model, a nonmagnetic ground state is expected. However, in recent works on polycrystalline samples of the series Ba2-xSrxYIrO6 no indication of magnetic transitions have been found. We present a structural, magnetic, and thermodynamic characterization of Sr2YIrO6 single crystals, with emphasis on the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the specific heat. As determined by x-ray diffraction, the Sr2YIrO6 single crystals have a cubic structure, with space group Fm3m. In agreement with the expected nonmagnetic ground state of Ir5+ (5d4) in Sr2YIrO6, no magnetic transition is observed down to 430 mK. Moreover, our results suggest that the low-temperature anomaly observed in the specific heat is not related to the onset of long-range magnetic order. Instead, it is identified as a Schottky anomaly caused by paramagnetic impurities present in the sample, of the order of n∼0.5(2)%. These impurities lead to non-negligible spin correlations, which nonetheless, are not associated with long-range magnetic ordering

Observation of heavy spin-orbit excitons propagating in a nonmagnetic background: The case of (Ba,Sr)2YIrO6

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the elementary magnetic excitations in Ba2YIrO6 and Sr2YIrO6 - the two most intensively discussed candidates for a new type of magnetic instability caused by exciton condensation. For both materials, high-resolution resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Ir L3 edge reveals sharp excitations around 370 and 650 meV energy loss, which we identify as triplet and quintet spin-orbit excitons. While the momentum-dependent RIXS spectra reveal that both the triplet and the quintet propagate coherently within the nonmagnetic background of the singlet sites, these modes remain fully gapped. The Ir-Ir exchange interactions in both double perovskites are therefore not strong enough to overcome the magnetic gap and, hence, our results exclude an intrinsic magnetic instability due to a condensation of magnetic excitations for both Ba2YIrO6 and Sr2YIrO6

Effects of processing conditions on the fiber length distribution and mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced nylon-6

The effects of processing conditions on fiber length degradation were investigated in order to produce composites with higher performance. Nylon-6 was compounded with glass fibers in a twin-screw extruder for various combinations of screw speed and feed rate. Collected samples were injection molded and Izod impact and tensile tests were performed in order to observe the effect of fiber length on the mechanical properties. Also, by using the extruded and injection molded samples, fiber length distribution curves were obtained for all the experimental runs. Results show that when the shear rate is increased through the alteration of the screw speed and/or the feed rate, the average fiber length decreases. Impact strength, tensile modulus and tensile strength increase, whereas elongation at break decreases with the average fiber length

Effects of twin screw compounding conditions on the mechanical properties of Nylon-6 glass fiber composites

The effect of processing conditions on fiber length degradation was investigated in order to produce higher performance composites. For this aim. Nylon-6 was compounded with glass fibers in a twin screw extruder for various combinations of screw speed and feed rate. Collected samples were injection molded and izod impact and tensile strength tests were performed in order to observe the effects of fiber length on mechanical properties. Also, by using the extruded and injection molded samples. fiber length distribution curves for all experimental runs were obtained. Results show that when the shear rate is increased through the alteration of screw speed and feed rate the average fiber length decreases

Effect of Cr content on mechanical and electrical properties of Ni-Cr thin films

NiCr has been a popular choice for strain gage and electrical resistance application in various fields of engineering and science. Therefore, the phases at this binary system have been thoroughly investigated in the last decade. For Ni-Cr thin film production, sputtering from alloy targets is mostly discussed as a deposition method. However, Cr content in Ni-Cr alloy has major influence on different properties of the NiCr thin films. In order to investigate the effect of Cr content in Ni-Cr system, Ni over Cr thin films with a total thickness of 500 nm was deposited on glass substrates with different Cr/Ni thickness ratios as 0.1, 0.25 and 0.6. After deposition, thin films were annealed at 600 degrees C for 180s in a Rapid Thermal Process (RTP) system to investigate the effect of different Cr contents on phase formation. The phase formations and lattice parameters were analyzed with low glancing angle X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and the Cr content in the thermally treated thin films was calculated with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS). Also, film composition along depth was also calculated by EDS analysis from the cross-section view of the annealed samples. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) images were taken from the cross-section view of the samples in order to observe the final film thicknesses and structures. Sheet resistance of each sample was measured with linear four point probe technique and resistivity of each phase was calculated. Furthermore, nanohardness and Young's Modulus of each sample was calculated by using nanoindentation method. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved