Spin-lattice coupling mediated multiferroicity in (ND4)2FeCl5 • D2O

Tian, Wei; Cao, Huibo; Wang, Jincheng; Ye, Feng; Matsuda, Masaaki; Yan, Jiaqiang; Liu, Yaohua; Garlea, Vasile O.; Agrawal, Harish K.; Chakoumakos, Bryan C.; Sales, Brian C.; Fishman, Randy Scott; Fernandez-Baca, Jaime A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214405

Title: Spin-lattice coupling mediated multiferroicity in (ND₄)₂FeCl₅ • D₂O

Journal Article · Wed Dec 07 04:00:00 UTC 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214405 · OSTI ID:1335305

Tian, Wei ^[1]; Cao, Huibo ^[1]; Wang, Jincheng ^[1]; Ye, Feng ^[1]; Matsuda, Masaaki ^[1]; Yan, Jiaqiang ^[1]; Liu, Yaohua ^[1]; Garlea, Vasile O. ^[1]; Agrawal, Harish K. ^[1]; Chakoumakos, Bryan C. ^[1]; Sales, Brian C. ^[1]; Fishman, Randy Scott ^[1]; Fernandez-Baca, Jaime A. ^[2]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); The Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

In this paper, we report a neutron diffraction study of the multiferroic mechanism in (ND₄)₂FeCl₅ • D₂O, a molecular compound that exhibits magnetically induced ferroelectricity. This material exhibits two successive magnetic transitions on cooling: a long-range order transition to an incommensurate (IC) collinear sinusoidal spin state at T_N = 7.3 K, followed by a second transition to an IC cycloidal spin state at T_FE = 6.8 K, the latter of which is accompanied by spontaneous ferroelectric polarization. The cycloid structure is strongly distorted by spin-lattice coupling, as evidenced by the observations of both odd and even higher-order harmonics associated with the cycloid wave vector, and a weak commensurate phase that coexists with the IC phase. The second-order harmonic appears at T_FE, thereby providing unambiguous evidence that the onset of the electric polarization is accompanied by a lattice modulation due to spin-lattice interaction. The neutron results, in conjunction with the negative thermal expansion and large magnetostriction observed, indicate that spin-lattice coupling plays a critical role in the ferroelectric mechanism of (ND₄)₂FeCl₅ • D₂O.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR); Spallation Neutron Source

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1335305

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 94; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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