Large exchange bias from coupled antiferromagnetic order and glassy magnetic freezing in Co0.36NbS2
Abstract
Magnetization measurements on single-crystalline Co0.36NbS2 reveal antiferromagnetic order near TN ≃ 26 K and a lower-temperature history-dependent magnetic response consistent with glassy freezing of a subset of magnetic moments. After field cooling, M(H) loops exhibit a sizable exchange-bias shift, reaching |HEB| ≃ 4.4 kOe at $1.8 K$ for a $70 kOe$ field-cooling sweep protocol. The training effect, field-sweep and cooling-field protocol dependence, and disappearance of the bias near a blocking temperature TB ≃ 12 K, well below TN, support an interpretation in which frozen uncompensated moments are exchange-coupled to an antiferromagnetic matrix. These results suggest that antiferromagnetic-glassy-moment coupling may provide a broader route to exchange bias in off-stoichiometric magnetic NbS2 intercalates.
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BibTeX
@misc{mondal2026large,
title = {{Large exchange bias from coupled antiferromagnetic order and glassy magnetic freezing in $Co_0.36NbS_2$}},
author = {Suman Mondal and Himadri Roy Dakua and Raz Luger and Muntaser Naamneh and Eran Maniv},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.25102},
eprint = {2610.25102},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.25102},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Large exchange bias from coupled antiferromagnetic order and glassy magnetic freezing in Co_0.36NbS_2
AU - Suman Mondal
AU - Himadri Roy Dakua
AU - Raz Luger
AU - Muntaser Naamneh
AU - Eran Maniv
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/18
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.25102
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.25102
AB - Magnetization measurements on single-crystalline Co_0.36NbS_2 reveal antiferromagnetic order near T_N ≃ 26 K and a lower-temperature history-dependent magnetic response consistent with glassy freezing of a subset of magnetic moments. After field cooling, M(H) loops exhibit a sizable exchange-bias shift, reaching |H_EB| ≃ 4.4 kOe at $1.8 K$ for a $70 kOe$ field-cooling sweep protocol. The training effect, field-sweep and cooling-field protocol dependence, and disappearance of the bias near a blocking temperature T_B ≃ 12 K, well below T_N, support an interpretation in which frozen uncompensated moments are exchange-coupled to an antiferromagnetic matrix. These results suggest that antiferromagnetic-glassy-moment coupling may provide a broader route to exchange bias in off-stoichiometric magnetic NbS_2 intercalates.
ER -