Anisotropic spin fluctuations in the triangular Kondo lattice compound <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>CePtAl</mml:mi> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Ge</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mm

A site-selective $^{27}\mathrm{Al}$ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study is carried out on the Kondo lattice compound ${\mathrm{CePtAl}}_{4}{\mathrm{Ge}}_{2}$, which crystallizes in a rhombohedral lattice with quasi-two-dimensional Ce layers forming a triangular lattice network. Two inequivalent Al sites, Al(1) and Al(2), are unambiguously assigned by comparing measured nuclear quadrupole parameters with electric field gradients obtained from electronic structure calculations. Knight shift analysis yields distinct hyperfine coupling constants, revealing that they arise predominantly from Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY)-type transferred hyperfine fields through conduction electrons. Spin-lattice relaxation measurements reveal pronounced anisotropic spin fluctuations, and a comparison of the relaxation rates between the two Al sites clarifies the momentum-space structure of these fluctuations. At low magnetic fields, ${({T}_{1}T)}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ is strongly enhanced on cooling toward the N\'eel temperature, indicating the growth of in-plane antiferromagnetic correlations in the paramagnetic state.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
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2025-10-23
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https://doi.org/10.1103/bd5f-n2yg
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Rare-earth and actinide compounds
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Anisotropic spin fluctuations in the triangular Kondo lattice compound <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>CePtAl</mml:mi> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Ge</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mm

Ekaterina V. Pomjakushina, Y. Tokunaga, S. Kambe, H. Sakai et al.
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Rare-earth and actinide compounds
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Anisotropic spin fluctuations in the triangular Kondo lattice compound <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>CePtAl</mml:mi> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Ge</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mm

Ekaterina V. Pomjakushina, Y. Tokunaga, S. Kambe, H. Sakai, Hisatomo Harima, Soohyeon Shin, Tuson Park
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A site-selective $^{27}\mathrm{Al}$ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study is carried out on the Kondo lattice compound ${\mathrm{CePtAl}}_{4}{\mathrm{Ge}}_{2}$, which crystallizes in a rhombohedral lattice with quasi-two-dimensional Ce layers forming a triangular lattice network. Two inequivalent Al sites, Al(1) and Al(2), are unambiguously assigned by comparing measured nuclear quadrupole parameters with electric field gradients obtained from electronic structure calculations. Knight shift analysis yields distinct hyperfine coupling constants, revealing that they arise predominantly from Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY)-type transferred hyperfine fields through conduction electrons. Spin-lattice relaxation measurements reveal pronounced anisotropic spin fluctuations, and a comparison of the relaxation rates between the two Al sites clarifies the momentum-space structure of these fluctuations. At low magnetic fields, ${({T}_{1}T)}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ is strongly enhanced on cooling toward the N\'eel temperature, indicating the growth of in-plane antiferromagnetic correlations in the paramagnetic state.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 112(23)
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JP), Paul Scherrer Institute (CH), Advanced Science Research Center (JP), Kobe University (JP), Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
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Rare-earth and actinide compounds
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