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A. Antal

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Frustration induced one-dimensionality in the isosceles triangular antiferromagnetic lattice of $δ$-(EDT-TTF-CONMe$_{2}$)$_{2}$AsF$_6$

The $1/4$-filled organic compound, $δ$-(EDT-TTF-CONMe$_{2}$)$_{2}$AsF$_6$ is a frustrated two-dimensional triangular magnetic system as shown by high-frequency (111.2 and 222.4 GHz) electron spin resonance (ESR) and structural data in the literature. The material gradually orders antiferromagnetically below 40~K but some magnetically disordered domains persist down to 4 K. We propose that in defect free regions frustration prevents true magnetic order down to at least 4 K in spite of the large first- and second-neighbor exchange interactions along chains and between chains, respectively. The antiferromagnetic (AFM) order gradually developing below 40 K nucleates around structural defects that locally cancel frustration. Two antiferromagnetic resonance modes mapped in the principal planes at 4~K are assigned to the very weakly interacting one-dimensional molecular chains in antiferromagnetic regions.

cond-mat.str-el

Optical properties of the iron-pnictide analog BaMn2As2

We have investigated the infrared and Raman optical properties of BaMn2As2 in the ab-plane and along the c-axis. The most prominent features in the infrared spectra are the Eu and A2u phonon modes which show clear TO-LO splitting from the energy loss function analysis. All the phonon features we observed in infrared and Raman spectra are consistent with the calculated values. Compared to the iron-pnictide analog AFe2As2, this compound is much more two-dimensional in its electronic properties. For E || c-axis, the overall infrared reflectivity is insulating like. Within the ab-plane the material exhibits a semiconducting behavior. An energy gap 2Δ=48 meV can be clearly identified below room temperature.

cond-mat.supr-con

First principles calculation of spin-interactions and magnetic ground states of Cr trimers on Au(111)

We present calculations of the magnetic ground states of Cr trimers in different geometries on top of a Au(111) surface. By using a least square fit method based on a fully relativistic embedded-cluster Green's function method first we determined the parameters of a classical vector-spin model consisting of second and fourth order interactions. The newly developed method requires no symmetry constraints, therefore, it is throughout applicable for small nanoparticles of arbitrary geometry. The magnetic ground states were then found by solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equations. In all considered cases the configurational energy of the Cr trimers is dominated by large antiferromagnetic nearest neighbor interactions, whilst biquadratic spin-interactions have the second largest contributions to the energy. We find that an equilateral Cr trimer exhibits a frustrated 120$^\circ$ Néel type of ground state with a small out-of-plane component of the magnetization and we show that the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interactions determine the chirality of the magnetic ground state. In cases of a linear chain and an isosceles trimer collinear antiferromagnetic ground states are obtained with a magnetization lying parallel to the surface.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci