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Crystal growth and magnetic characterization of Zn1−xMnxCr2O4 single crystals

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Single crystals of Zn1−xMnxCr2O4, where x=0–1, were grown by the chemical vapour transport (CVT) technique using chlorine as the transport agent. A thermodynamic study of both systems, (ZnCr2O4 + MnCr2O4-Cl2 and Zn1−xMnxCr2O4-Cl2, was done in order to investigate the effect of spurious species, i.e. MnCl2(liq), on the transport of the mixed spinel, and structural investigations using X-ray diffraction were carried out. Susceptibility measurements as a function of temperature from 2–300 K for the different compositions are reported, and the magnetic phase diagram was determined as a function of composition and temperature.

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  1. MASPEC/CNR Institute, Via Chiavari 18/a, 43100, Parma, Italy

    F. Leccabue & B. E. Watts

  2. ITSE/CNR, Area della Ricerca di Roma, P.O. Box 10, 00016, Monterotondo Stazione, Italy

    D. Fiorani & A. M. Testa

  3. Departamento de Física, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

    J. Alvarez & V. Sagredo

  4. Centro di Studio per la Strutturistica Diffrattometrica/CNR, V.le delle Scienze, 43100, Parma, Italy

    G. Bocelli

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Leccabue, F., Watts, B.E., Fiorani, D. et al. Crystal growth and magnetic characterization of Zn1−xMnxCr2O4 single crystals. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 28, 3945–3950 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353203

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