Structural and magnetic transitions in spinel FeMn2O4 single crystals

Nepal, Roshan; Zhang, Qiang; Dai, Samuel; Tian, Wei; Nagler, Stephen E.; Jin, Rongying

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.024410

Title: Structural and magnetic transitions in spinel $FeM n_{2} O_{4}$ single crystals

Journal Article · Thu Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.024410· OSTI ID:1440814

Nepal, Roshan ^[1]; Zhang, Qiang ^[1]; Dai, Samuel ^[1];

^[2];

^[2]; Jin, Rongying ^[1]

Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Materials that form the spinel structure are known to exhibit geometric frustration, which can lead to magnetic frustration as well. Through magnetization and neutron diffraction measurements, we find that FeMn₂O₄ undergoes one structural and two magnetic transitions. The structural transition occurs at T_s ~595K from cubic at high temperatures to tetragonal at low temperatures. Here, two magnetic transitions are ferrimagnetic at T_FI–1 ~373K and T_FI–2 ~50K, respectively. Further investigation of the specific heat, thermal conductivity, and Seebeck coefficient confirms both magnetic transitions. Of particular interest is that there is a significant magnetic contribution to the low-temperature specific heat and thermal conductivity, providing a unique system to study heat transport by magnetic excitations.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0016315; SC0012432

OSTI ID:: 1440814

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1416624

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 97, Issue 2; ISSN 2469-9950

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