Novel family of near-room-temperature compensated itinerant pyrochlore ferrimagnets, R In Co 4 (R= Dy-Tm)
Researchers synthesized single crystals of RInCo4 compounds to discover a new family of itinerant cubic pyrochlore ferrimagnets with Curie temperatures above room temperature and near-room-temperature compensation points. These materials are promising for spintronics due to their high magnetic ordering temperatures and magnetization compensation near ambient conditions.