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Spin glass in semiconducting KFe$_{1.05}$Ag$_{0.88}$Te$_{2}$ single crystals

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2016-04-21 v1 Materials Science Superconductivity

Abstract

We report discovery of KFe1.05_{1.05}Ag0.88_{0.88}Te2_{2} single crystals with semiconducting spin glass ground state. Composition and structure analysis suggest nearly stoichiometric I4/mmm space group but allow for the existence of vacancies, absent in long range semiconducting antiferromagnet KFe0.85_{0.85}Ag1.15_{1.15}Te2_{2}. The subtle change in stoichometry in Fe/Ag sublattice changes magnetic ground state but not conductivity, giving further insight into the semiconducting gap mechanism.

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@article{arxiv.1604.06086,
  title  = {Spin glass in semiconducting KFe$_{1.05}$Ag$_{0.88}$Te$_{2}$ single crystals},
  author = {Hyejin Ryu and Hechang Lei and B. Klobes and J. B. Warren and R. P. Hermann and C. Petrovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.06086},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures