Magnetic ordering in two dimensional manganese stearate films: A nuclear orientation study

Authors
Hutchison, WD Clark, RG Yazidjoglou, N Jamie, IM Chaplin, DH Creagh, DC
Citation
Wd. Hutchison et al., Magnetic ordering in two dimensional manganese stearate films: A nuclear orientation study, SOL ST COMM, 109(4), 1999, pp. 239-242
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00381098 → ACNP
Volume
109
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
239 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-1098(1999)109:4<239:MOITDM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Two dimensional manganese stearate films incorporating radioactive Mn-54 ha ve been produced using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Low temperature nuc lear orientation measurements on these films show a degree of magnetic orde r even in zero applied magnetic field; a result which is discussed in relat ion to the Mermin-Wagner theorem which rules out ordering of Heisenberg spi ns in low dimensional systems with continuously symmetric interactions. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.