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Optimization of Crystal Growth for Neutron Macromolecular Crystallography
Published on: March 13, 2021
Single crystal growth and anisotropic physical properties of Sm4Co3Ga16
Abstract:
We have synthesized high quality single crystals of Sm4Co3Ga16 with gallium flux and investigated its physical properties with electrical resistivity, magnetization and specific-heat measurements. Antiferromagnetic transition below 6.7 K has been detected. No superconducting transitions have been dectected down to 0.5 K from our single crystals. Based on our experimental result, Sm3+ state in Sm4Co3Ga16 is likely well localized, in which stable magnetic moment in its doubly degenerated ground state contributes to the magnetic order with little interference of Kondo type of interaction.
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