Quantum spin wave excited from a Cr-Dy single-molecule magnet

Ling, B.-K.*; Chang, M.*; Zhai, Y.-Q.*; Deng, J.*; 古府 麻衣子*; Guo, H.*; Zhao, J.*; Fu, Z.*; Zheng, Y.-Z.*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(13), p.10935 - 10942, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c13628

The efficient excitation and controlled propagation of nanoscale spin waves remain significant challenges, as their intrinsic dispersion relations are primarily determined by magnetic dipole and exchange interactions. Here we report the first observed coexistence of quantum spin wave excitation and single-molecule magnet behavior in a mixed chromium(III) and dysprosium(III) complex, namely DyCr(-F)(mdea)(piv), which shows a large ferrimagnetic ground moment with a restricted quantum tunneling gap ( 3.8 10cm) up to nine levels, leading to an axial anisotropic energy barrier of 12 cm and opened hysteresis loop at 0.4 K.

Microscopic origin of the spin-reorientation transition in the kagome topological magnet TbMnSn

Huang, Z.*; Wang, W.*; Ye, H.*; Bao, S.*; Shangguan, Y.*; Liao, J.*; Cao, S.*; 梶本 亮一; 池内 和彦*; Deng, G.*; et al.

Physical Review B, 109(1), p.014434_1 - 014434_9, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.014434

TbMnSn is a correlated topological magnet with a Mn-based kagome lattice, in which a Chern gap opens at the Dirac point at low temperatures. The magnetic moment direction of the ferrimagnetic order changes from in the kagome plane to the out-of-plane upon cooling, which is essential for generating the Chern gap, but the underlying mechanism for the spin reorientation remains elusive. Here, we investigate the spin-reorientation transition in TbMnSn using neutron scattering. We provide direct evidence for the spin-reorientation transition and unveil the coexistence of two Tb modes at 200 K. To account for these results, we put forward a model based on SU(N) spin-wave theory, in which there is a temperature evolution of the ground state Tb orbitals, driven by the crystalline electric field, single-ion anisotropy, and exchange interactions between Tb and Mn ions. Our findings shed light on the complex magnetism of TbMnSn, despite its relatively simple ground state magnetic structure, and provide insights into the mechanisms for tuning magnetic topological materials.

Modeling of hardness and welding residual stress in Type 316 stainless steel components for the assessment of stress corrosion cracking

Li, S.; 山口 義仁; 勝山 仁哉; Li, Y.; Deng, D.*

Proceedings of ASME 2023 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP 2023) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2023/07

https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2023-103449

In this work, a framework was proposed on the comprehensive assessment of hardness and welding residual stress in Type 316 austenitic stainless steel welded joints. Firstly, an 8-pass butt-welded joint made of Type 316 stainless steel was fabricated. Finite element analysis of the welded joint was performed to investigate hardness and welding residual stress distributions. The grain growth model was developed for the hardness prediction. The Chaboche combined isotropic-kinematic strain hardening model and time-temperature dependent annealing model were adopted. The relationships between the Vickers hardness and the uniaxial plastic strain as well as grain size were collected from published literatures. The simulation results of the grain size and accumulated equivalent plastic strain were used for the hardness prediction of the welded joint. The predicted hardness was compared with the experimental data of hardness mapping. The distribution of welding residual stress on the outer surface of the welded pipe was measured by using the X-ray diffraction method and strain gauge method, respectively. The predicted welding residual stresses were compared with the measurements. The results obtained showed that the developed numerical approach can predict the hardness and welding residual stress of Type 316 stainless steel welded joints with satisfactory accuracy. The effects of structural constraint and heat input on the hardness and welding residual stress will be investigated as further works, as described in the proposed framework.

Effect of storage environment on hydrogen generation by the reaction of Al with water

Wang, Y.-Q.*; Gai, W.-Z.*; Zhang, X.-Y.*; Pan, H.-Y.*; Cheng, Z.-X.*; 徐 平光; Deng, Z.-Y.*

RSC Advances (Internet), 7(4), p.2103 - 2109, 2017/01

AA2016-0521.pdf:1.55MB

https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA25563A

Al powder was stored in saturated water vapor, oxygen, nitrogen and drying air separately for a time period up to about six months, the degradation behavior of Al activity was characterized by the reaction of Al with water. It was found that water vapor decreased the induction time for the beginning of Al-water reaction and reduced the total hydrogen generation per unit weight of Al, while oxygen increased the induction time and retarded the Al-water reaction. In contrast, the effect of nitrogen and drying air on Al activity was weak. The mechanism analyses indicated that water vapor promoted the hydration of Al surface passive oxide film and speeded up the reaction of Al with water, while oxygen thickened the passive oxide film of Al surface and prolonged its hydration process. These imply that water vapor rather than oxygen is responsible for the degradation of Al activity during storage under ambient condition.

Diluted ferromagnetic semiconductor Li(Zn,Mn)P with decoupled charge and spin doping

Deng, Z.*; Zhao, K.*; Gu, B.; Han, W.*; Zhu, J. L.*; Wang, X. C.*; Li, X.*; Liu, Q. Q.*; Yu, R. C.*; 後神 達郎*; et al.

Physical Review B, 88(8), p.081203_1 - 081203_5, 2013/08

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.081203

We report the discovery of a diluted magnetic semiconductor, Li(Zn,Mn)P, in which charge and spin are introduced independently via lithium off-stoichiometry and the isovalent substitution of Mn for Zn, respectively. Isostructural to (Ga,Mn)As, Li(Zn,Mn)P was found to be a -type ferromagnetic semiconductor with excess lithium providing charge doping. First-principles calculations indicate that excess Li is favored to partially occupy the Zn site, leading to hole doping. Ferromagnetism with Curie temperature up to 34 K is achieved while the system still shows semiconducting transport behavior.

Effect of annealing models on the welding-induced residual stress and plastic strain in Type 316 stainless steel welded joints

Li, S.; 山口 義仁; 勝山 仁哉; Sun, W.*; Deng, D.*; Li, Y.

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Many flaws due to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) have been reported in the heat affected zone of austenitic stainless steel welded joints in nuclear power plants. High tensile residual stresses and hardness induced by the welding process may affect the initiation and propagation of SCC. During the welding thermal cycles, the accumulated strain hardening can be reduced or eliminated below the melting point due to the dynamic recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth of the material, which is known as the annealing effect. Different annealing models were proposed including the single-stage and two-stage annealing models, which are temperature dependent models to eliminate the accumulated strain hardening in one or two steps, and dynamic annealing models, in which the time-temperature dependent annealing effect can be considered. In this study, numerical investigations were carried out to evaluate the effect of different annealing models on the distributions of welding residual stress and accumulated plastic strain. Two butt-welded joints of Type 316 stainless steel were fabricated. The welding residual stresses of the two welded joints were measured using the neutron diffraction method and sectioning method, respectively. Two-dimensional finite element analysis was performed based on Abaqus platform. Chaboche combined isotropic-kinematic strain hardening model was used. The simulation results of welding residual stresses were compared with measurements. The results obtained have shown that the annealing effect can significantly influence the formation of the accumulated plastic strain and residual stresses in Type 316 stainless steel welded joints. The residual stresses will be overestimated if the annealing effect is neglected, or a relatively high value of the annealing temperature is used. The annealing model plays a major role in determining the magnitude of the accumulated plastic strain in the welding simulation.