Ferroelastic-like transition and solvents affect the magnetism of a copper-organic radical one-dimensional coordination polymer.

The one-dimensional coordination polymers {[Cu(hfac)](-BNN)}·CHCl (1, 1̄) and {[Cu(hfac)](-BNN)} (1', 2/), hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonate and -BNN = -phenylene bis(nitronyl-nitroxide), were obtained from CHCl and CHCl, respectively. 1 is transformed to 1 at 335 K. Their magnetic susceptibilities differ in both magnitude and temperature dependence behavior.

Sinusoidally modulated magnetic structure of Kramers local moments in CePdAl.

The crystalline electric field (CEF) level scheme and magnetic structure of a tetragonal antiferromagnet CePdAl with [Formula: see text] K and [Formula: see text] K were studied by neutron scattering, magnetization and magnetoresistance measurements. Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on the powder sample revealed CEF excitations at 21.3 and 22.

Single-Site Non-Fermi-Liquid Behaviors in a Diluted 4f^{2} System Y_{1-x}Pr_{x}Ir_{2}Zn_{20}.

Electrical resistivity ρ(T) and specific heat C(T) measurements have been made on the diluted 4f^{2} system Y(Pr)Ir_{2}Zn_{20}. Both data of ρ and magnetic specific heat C_{m} per Pr ion are well scaled as a function of T/T_{0}, where T_{0} is a characteristic temperature of non-Fermi-liquid (NFL) behaviors. Furthermore, the temperature dependences of ρ and C_{m}/T agree with the NFL behaviors predicted by the two-channel Kondo model for the strong coupling limit.

Alternating current calorimeter for specific heat capacity measurements at temperatures below 10 K and pressures up to 10 GPa.

A developed alternating current calorimeter for measuring the absolute value of specific heat C of a very small sample under a pressure up to 10 GPa and low temperature below 10 K is described. A Bridgman anvil cell made of tungsten carbide with a top diameter of 3 mm is used. A hollow at the top prevents expansion of the sample space over the anvil top.

Nonmagnetic ground states and phase transitions in the caged compounds PrT2Zn20 (T = Ru, Rh and Ir).

We performed electrical resistivity ρ, magnetic susceptibility χ, specific heat C and electron diffraction measurements on single-crystalline samples of PrT2Zn20 (T = Ru, Rh and Ir). The three compounds show the Van Vleck paramagnetic behavior, indicating the nonmagnetic crystalline electric field (CEF) ground states. A Schottky-type peak appears at around 14 K, irrespective of the T element, which can be moderately reproduced by a doublet–triplet model.