Magnetic moment surrounded by non-magnetic ligands in a Tsai-type approximant crystal (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Magnetic moment surrounded by non-magnetic ligands in a Tsai-type approximant crystal

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Schematic illustration of a magnetic moment in a non-Heisenberg Tsai-type 1/1 approximant crystal. The local coordination environment generates a crystal electric field that constrains the orientation of the rare-earth magnetic moments and thereby influences magnetic ground state selection.

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Assistant Professor Farid Labib from Tokyo University of Science, Japan

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