Microscopic phase diagram of Eu(Fe1-xNix)As2 (x=0,0.04) under pressure

To establish the microscopic P-T phase diagram of recent 112-type iron-pnictides Eu(Fe1-xNix)As-2 (x = 0,0.04), high-pressure synchrotron Mossbauer spectroscopy experiments in Eu-151 and Fe-57 have been performed. In EuFeAs2 application of pressure completely suppresses the itinerant electron magnetism from the Fe sublattice and the local-moment magnetism in Eu ions at similar to 10 and similar to 11.6GPa, respectively. High-pressure x-ray diffraction experiments in EuFeAs2 reveal an anomalous change in the lattice parameters and a discontinuity in volume around 10 GPa, suggesting an isostructural transition at this pressure. With Ni-doping (x = 0.04), a collapse of local magnetic order occurs at similar to 8GPa, a lower critical pressure compared with the parent compound. In both systems, the suppression of local-moment magnetism is associated with a significant increase of mean valence in Eu ions.

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High-pressure experiments on 112-type iron-pnictides have shown significant changes in magnetic behaviors and lattice parameters under different pressures, with Ni-doping leading to a lower critical pressure for collapse of local magnetic order. The suppression of local-moment magnetism is associated with a significant increase of mean valence in Eu ions in both systems.