Giant exchange bias in antiperovskite Mn3Zn1-XCoXN: a neutron diffraction study

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Exchange bias (EB) effect, characterized by a shift of the hysteresis loop along the magnetic field axis, has attracted considerable attention because of its significance in fundamental research and practical applications such as spin valve devices. This effect usually occurs in bilayers or multilayers constituted of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers. Antiperovskite compounds with formula Mn3AN (A=Zn, Co, Ni etc.) crystallize into Pm-3m space group, with the magnetic Mn atoms located on the face centered positions. We have considered antiperovskite Mn3ZnN as a candidate material with strong EB effect since our previous work on Mn3ZnN has shown a rich magnetic phases. To uncover the origin of EB effect in antiperovskite compound, it is essential to work out the related magnetic structure by means of neutron powder diffraction.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.84974246
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/84974246
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Creator Dr Pascal Manuel; Dr Ivan da Silva Gonzalez; Dr Lei DING
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2020
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-03-22T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2017-03-26T07:00:00Z