在金刚石晶格A位上具有磁性Co $^{2+}$离子的尖晶石CoB $_2$ O $_4$可能由于竞争的近邻（$J_1$）和次近邻（$J_2$）相互作用而受到阻碍。在这里，我们描述了尝试调整这些相互作用的相对强度的非磁性B-网站上的取代。我们采用的系统是CoAl $_{2-x}$ Ga $_x$ O $_4$，其中Al被较大的Ga系统地取代，表面上在B位点上。正如预期的那样，Ga取代使晶格膨胀，导致A位上的Co原子彼此被推得更远，从而削弱了磁相互作用。此外，Ga以浓度依赖性方式分布在B和A位点之间，随着$x$的增加，从A位点置换越来越多的Co。这种增加的反转，这是在室温下进行的中子衍射研究证实，影响磁有序非常显着，并改变了基态的性质。磁耦合的建模说明了由阳离子位点无序引起的复杂性。
英文摘要：
The spinels CoB$_2$O$_4$ with magnetic Co$^{2+}$ ions on the diamond lattice A site can be frustrated because of competing near-neighbor ($J_1$) and next-near neighbor ($J_2$) interactions. Here we describe attempts to tune the relative strengths of these interactions by substitution on the non-magnetic B-site. The system we employ is CoAl$_{2-x}$Ga$_x$O$_4$, where Al is systematically replaced by the larger Ga, ostensibly on the B site. As expected, Ga substitution expands the lattice, resulting in Co atoms on the A-site being pushed further from one other and thereby weakening magnetic interactions. In addition, Ga distributes between the B and the A site in a concentration dependent manner displacing an increasing amount of Co from the A site with increasing $x$. This increased inversion, which is confirmed by neutron diffraction studies carried out at room temperature, affects magnetic ordering very significantly, and changes the nature of the ground state. Modeling of the magnetic coupling illustrates the complexity that arises from the cation site disorder.
Disentangling the contributions of individual cations to magnetic order in a spinel high entropy oxide
University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids（马克斯·普朗克固体化学物理研究所）；University of Saskatchewan（萨斯喀彻温大学）；Canadian Light Source（加拿大光源）
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在300 K至2 K温度范围内对自旋受抑铁氧体尖晶石ZnFe $_2$ O $_4$单晶进行了超声声速测量。在这种立方晶体中，所有的与结晶无关的弹性模量都表现出软化，并且随着温度的降低而具有特征最小值，低于$\sim$ 100 K。这种弹性异常表明动态晶格变形和分子自旋激发之间的耦合。与此相反，弹性异常，通常由磁结构相变及其前体驱动，是不存在的ZnFe $_2$ O $_4$，这表明自旋-晶格耦合不能发挥作用，在此化合物内缓解挫折。本研究推断，对于ZnFe $_2$ O $_4$，动态分子自旋态的演变在低温下没有经历前体自旋晶格涨落和自旋晶格有序。ZnFe $_2$ O $_4$提供了独特的动态自旋-晶格类液体系统，其中不仅自旋分子而且立方晶格在空间和时间上都发生了波动。
