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Title: Structural and Magnetic Properties of the Kagome Antiferromagnet YbBaCo4O7

Abstract

The mixed-valent compound YbBaCo{sub 4}O{sub 7} is built up of Kagom{acute e} sheets of CoO{sub 4} tetrahedra, linked in the third dimension by a triangular layer of CoO{sub 4} tetrahedra in an analogous fashion to that found in the known geometrically frustrated magnets such as pyrochlores and SrCr{sub 9x}Ga{sub 12-9x}O{sub 19} (SCGO). We have undertaken a study of the structural and magnetic properties of this compound using combined high-resolution powder neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction. YbBaCo{sub 4}O{sub 7} undergoes a first-order trigonal{yields}orthorhombic phase transition at 175 K. We show that this transition occurs as a response to a markedly underbonded Ba{sup 2+} site in the high-temperature phase and does not appear to involve charge ordering of Co{sup 2+}/Co{sup 3+} ions in the tetrahedra. The symmetry lowering relieves the geometric frustration of the structure, and a long-range-ordered 3-D antiferromagnetic state develops below 80 K.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Org.:
Doe - Office Of Science
OSTI Identifier:
914000
Report Number(s):
BNL-78568-2007-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-4596; JSSCBI; TRN: US0801464
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
J. Solid State Chem.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 179; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; DIMENSIONS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETS; NEUTRONS; SYMMETRY; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; NSLS; national synchrotron light source

Citation Formats

Huq, A, Mitchell, J, Zheng, H, Chapon, L, Radaelli, P, Knight, K, and Stephens, P. Structural and Magnetic Properties of the Kagome Antiferromagnet YbBaCo4O7. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2006.01.010.
Huq, A, Mitchell, J, Zheng, H, Chapon, L, Radaelli, P, Knight, K, & Stephens, P. Structural and Magnetic Properties of the Kagome Antiferromagnet YbBaCo4O7. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2006.01.010
Huq, A, Mitchell, J, Zheng, H, Chapon, L, Radaelli, P, Knight, K, and Stephens, P. 2006. "Structural and Magnetic Properties of the Kagome Antiferromagnet YbBaCo4O7". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2006.01.010.
@article{osti_914000,
title = {Structural and Magnetic Properties of the Kagome Antiferromagnet YbBaCo4O7},
author = {Huq, A and Mitchell, J and Zheng, H and Chapon, L and Radaelli, P and Knight, K and Stephens, P},
abstractNote = {The mixed-valent compound YbBaCo{sub 4}O{sub 7} is built up of Kagom{acute e} sheets of CoO{sub 4} tetrahedra, linked in the third dimension by a triangular layer of CoO{sub 4} tetrahedra in an analogous fashion to that found in the known geometrically frustrated magnets such as pyrochlores and SrCr{sub 9x}Ga{sub 12-9x}O{sub 19} (SCGO). We have undertaken a study of the structural and magnetic properties of this compound using combined high-resolution powder neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction. YbBaCo{sub 4}O{sub 7} undergoes a first-order trigonal{yields}orthorhombic phase transition at 175 K. We show that this transition occurs as a response to a markedly underbonded Ba{sup 2+} site in the high-temperature phase and does not appear to involve charge ordering of Co{sup 2+}/Co{sup 3+} ions in the tetrahedra. The symmetry lowering relieves the geometric frustration of the structure, and a long-range-ordered 3-D antiferromagnetic state develops below 80 K.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jssc.2006.01.010},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/914000}, journal = {J. Solid State Chem.},
issn = {0022-4596},
number = 4,
volume = 179,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}