Single-crystal growth and magnetic properties of the metallic molybdate pyrochlore Sm2Mo2O7
arXiv:0708.3324 · doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2007.07.057
Abstract
We have successfully grown cm3-size single crystals of the metallic-ferromagnet Sm2Mo2O7 by the floating-zone method using an infrared-red image furnace. The growth difficulties and the remedies found using a 2-mirror image furnace are discussed. Magnetization studies along the three crystalline axes of the compound are presented and discussed based on our recent proposal of an ordered spin-ice ground state for this compound