Temperature-dependent multi-k magnetic structure in multiferroic Co{sub 3}TeO{sub 6}
- Department of Inorganic Materials, Karpov' Institute of Physical Chemistry, Vorontsovo pole, 10, 105064, Moscow K-64 (Russian Federation)
- Department of Materials Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 538, SE-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)
- Institute Laue Langevin, Grenoble (France)
- Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, SE-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)
- Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, CEA, Saclay (France)
- Institute for Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, A-1060 Vienna (Austria)
Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Co{sub 3}TeO{sub 6} with corundum-related structure orders antiferromagnetically below 26 K. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer A field-driven electrical polarization was observed in the antiferromagnetic state. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer NPD data was collected and refined for ceramics and crushed single crystals. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Successive magnetic phase transformations are observed as a function of temperature. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer The complex magnetic structure reflects the competing interactions in Co{sub 3}TeO{sub 6}. -- Abstract: A complex magnetic order of the multiferroic compound Co{sub 3}TeO{sub 6} has been revealed by neutron powder diffraction studies on ceramics and crushed single crystals. The compound adopts a monoclinic structure (s.g. C2/c) in the studied temperature range 2-300 K but exhibits successive antiferromagnetic transitions at low temperature. Incommensurate antiferromagnetic order with the propagation vector k{sub 1} = (0, 0.485, 0.055) sets in at 26 K. A transition to a second antiferromagnetic structure with k{sub 2} = (0, 0, 0) takes place at 21.1 K. Moreover, a transition to a commensurate antiferromagnetic structure with k{sub 3} = (0, 0.5, 0.25) occurs at 17.4 K. The magnetic structures have been determined by neutron powder diffraction using group theory analysis as a preliminary tool. Different coordinations of the Co{sup 2+} ions involved in the low-symmetry C2/c structure of Co{sub 3}TeO{sub 6} render the exchange-interaction network very complex by itself. The observed magnetic phase transformations are interpreted as an evidence of competing magnetic interactions. The temperature dependent changes in the magnetic structure, derived from refinements of high-resolution neutron data, are discussed and possible mechanisms connected with the spin reorientations are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 22212387
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 47, Issue 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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