First-order antiferromagnetic transitions of SrMn 2 P 2 and CaMn 2 P 2 single crystals containing corrugated-honeycomb Mn sublattices

Sangeetha, N. S.; Pakhira, Santanu; Ding, Qing-Ping; Krause, Lennard; Lee, Hyung-Cheol; Smetana, Volodymyr; Mudring, Anja-Verena; Iversen, Bo Brummerstedt; Furukawa, Yuji; Johnston, David C.

doi:10.1073/pnas.2108724118

Title: First-order antiferromagnetic transitions of SrMn ₂ P ₂ and CaMn ₂ P ₂ single crystals containing corrugated-honeycomb Mn sublattices

Journal Article · Fri Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108724118· OSTI ID:1828092

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Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011,
Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011,, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011,
Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark,, iNANO, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark,
Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark,, iNANO, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark,, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

Significance With rare exceptions, an antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition in zero magnetic field is thermodynamically of second order where the thermal-average magnetic moments of the magnetic atoms (ordered moments) vary continuously on cooling through the AFM ordering temperature $T_{N}$ with no latent heat at the transition. Such materials include the AFM pnictides CaMn ₂ As ₂ , SrMn ₂ As ₂ , CaMn ₂ Sb ₂ , SrMn ₂ Sb ₂ , and CaMn ₂ Bi ₂ . Here we demonstrate that the closely related SrMn ₂ P ₂ and CaMn ₂ P ₂ insulators instead exhibit first-order AFM transitions at $T_{N} = 53$ and 70 K, respectively, where the heat capacity exhibits a latent heat at $T_{N}$ . The mechanism causing these first-order transitions remains to be explained, but its understanding may lead to the development of novel magnetic materials of technological interest.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1828092

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1833055

Report Number(s):: IS-J-10,632; e2108724118

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Vol. 118 Journal Issue: 44; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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