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Title: Magnetic order in single crystals of Na3Co2SbO6 with a honeycomb arrangement of 3d7Co2+ ions

Abstract

We have synthesized single crystals of Na3Co2SbO6 and characterized the structure and magnetic order by measuring anisotropic magnetic properties, heat capacity, and x-ray and neutron single crystal diffraction. Magnetic properties and specific heat of polycrystalline Na3Co2SbO6 were also measured for comparison. Na3Co2SbO6 crystallizes in a monoclinic structure (space group C2/m) with [Co2SbO6]3- layers separated by Na+ ions. The temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility shows significant anisotropic behavior in the whole temperature range 2–350 K investigated in this work. An effective moment of about 5.5μB/Co2+ from a Curie-Weiss fitting of the magnetic susceptibility is larger than the spin only value and signals significant orbital contribution. Na3Co2SbO6 single crystal undergoes a transition into a long-range antiferromagnetically ordered state below TN = 5K. Neutron single crystal diffraction confirmed the zigzag magnetic structure with a propagation vector k = (0.5,0.5,0). The ordered moment is found to be 0.9 μB at 4 K and align along the crystallographic b axis. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the experimentally observed zigzag order is energetically competing with the Néel order. Furthermore, it is also found that the covalency between Co d and O p is quite strong and competes with the local spin-orbit coupling, suggesting a Jeffmore » = 1/2 ground state may not be realized in this compound.« less

Authors:
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1543231
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1546438
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Yan, Jiaqiang, Okamoto, Satoshi, Wu, Yan, Zheng, Qiang, Zhou, Haidong, Cao, Huibo, and McGuire, Michael A. Magnetic order in single crystals of Na3Co2SbO6 with a honeycomb arrangement of 3d7Co2+ ions. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.074405.
Yan, Jiaqiang, Okamoto, Satoshi, Wu, Yan, Zheng, Qiang, Zhou, Haidong, Cao, Huibo, & McGuire, Michael A. Magnetic order in single crystals of Na3Co2SbO6 with a honeycomb arrangement of 3d7Co2+ ions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.074405
Yan, Jiaqiang, Okamoto, Satoshi, Wu, Yan, Zheng, Qiang, Zhou, Haidong, Cao, Huibo, and McGuire, Michael A. Mon . "Magnetic order in single crystals of Na3Co2SbO6 with a honeycomb arrangement of 3d7Co2+ ions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.074405. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1543231.
@article{osti_1543231,
title = {Magnetic order in single crystals of Na3Co2SbO6 with a honeycomb arrangement of 3d7Co2+ ions},
author = {Yan, Jiaqiang and Okamoto, Satoshi and Wu, Yan and Zheng, Qiang and Zhou, Haidong and Cao, Huibo and McGuire, Michael A.},
abstractNote = {We have synthesized single crystals of Na3Co2SbO6 and characterized the structure and magnetic order by measuring anisotropic magnetic properties, heat capacity, and x-ray and neutron single crystal diffraction. Magnetic properties and specific heat of polycrystalline Na3Co2SbO6 were also measured for comparison. Na3Co2SbO6 crystallizes in a monoclinic structure (space group C2/m) with [Co2SbO6]3- layers separated by Na+ ions. The temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility shows significant anisotropic behavior in the whole temperature range 2–350 K investigated in this work. An effective moment of about 5.5μB/Co2+ from a Curie-Weiss fitting of the magnetic susceptibility is larger than the spin only value and signals significant orbital contribution. Na3Co2SbO6 single crystal undergoes a transition into a long-range antiferromagnetically ordered state below TN = 5K. Neutron single crystal diffraction confirmed the zigzag magnetic structure with a propagation vector k = (0.5,0.5,0). The ordered moment is found to be 0.9 μB at 4 K and align along the crystallographic b axis. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the experimentally observed zigzag order is energetically competing with the Néel order. Furthermore, it is also found that the covalency between Co d and O p is quite strong and competes with the local spin-orbit coupling, suggesting a Jeff = 1/2 ground state may not be realized in this compound.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.074405},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 7,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: Crystal structure of Na3Co2SbO6 (a) the honeycomb arrangement of Co ions in ab-plane, and (b) the honeycomb layers are separated by Na layers.

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