Aging dip and cumulative aging in hierarchical successive transition of stage-2 CoCl$_{2}$ graphite intercalation compound

TL;DR

This study investigates aging and memory effects in stage-2 CoCl₂ graphite intercalation compound, revealing a crossover from cumulative aging with partial memory to spin glass-like aging below certain temperatures, using magnetic susceptibility measurements.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the aging behaviors and memory effects in CoCl₂ GIC, highlighting the crossover phenomena and temperature-dependent magnetic responses.

Findings

Partial memory effect observed between T_cu and T_cl

Logarithmic relation between aging dip depth and wait time

Scaling of susceptibility with ωt below T_cl

Abstract

Memory and aging behaviors in stage-2 CoCl$_{2}$ GIC ($T_{cu}$ = 8.9 K and $T_{cl}$ = 6.9 K) have been studied using low frequency ($f$ = 0.1 Hz) AC magnetic susceptibility ($\chi^{\prime}$ and $\chi^{\prime\prime}$) as well as thermoremnant magnetization. There occurs a crossover from a cumulative aging (mainly) with a partial memory effect for the domain-growth in the intermediate state between $T_{cu}$ and $T_{cl}$ to an aging and memory in a spin glass phase below $T_{cl}$. When the system is aged at single or multiple stop and wait processes at stop temperatures $T_{s}$'s below $T_{cl}$ for wait times $t_{s}$, the AC magnetic susceptibility shows single or multiple aging dips at $T_{s}$'s on reheating. The depth of the aging dips is logarithmically proportional to the wait time $t_{s}$. Very weak aging dip between $T_{cu}$ and $T_{cl}$ indicates the existence of a partial memory effect. The sign of the difference between the reference cooling and reference heating curves changes from positive to negative on crossing $T_{cl}$ from the high $T$-side. The time dependence of $\chi^{\prime}$ and $\chi^{\prime\prime}$ below $T_{cl}$ is described by a scaling function of $\omega t$. its a local maximum at 6.5 K just below $T_{cl}$, and drastically decreases with increasing $T$. The nature of the cumulative aging between $T_{cl}$ and $T_{cu}$ is also examined.