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Preparation and Properties of CdCr2S4 Single Crystals

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Single crystals of chalcogenide chromium spinel CdCr2S4 (ferromagnet, TC ≈ 80 K) have been grown from a solution in a melt. The morphology, local elemental composition, and microstructure elements of the crystals are studied by scanning electron microscopy. All crystals have a composition close to stoichiometric. A study of their magnetic properties in the temperature range of 5–300 K in a constant (100 Oe) and/or alternating (100, 1000, and 10000 Hz) magnetic field show that CdCr2S4 has a number of features that are considered a hallmark of spin glasses.

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This work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 17-03-01114 and with support from the Fundamental Scientific Research Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences no. 35 “Scientific Foundations for the Creation of New Functional Materials.”

Part of this work was performed as part of state assignment no. 0088-2014-0003 of the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, in the field of fundamental scientific research.

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    T. G. Aminov, G. G. Shabunina, V. V. Volkov & E. V. Busheva

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Aminov, T.G., Shabunina, G.G., Volkov, V.V. et al. Preparation and Properties of CdCr2S4 Single Crystals. Theor Found Chem Eng 54, 1040–1044 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579520050048

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