Steplike metamagnetic transitions in a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet
Abstract
Single crystals of a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet, Tb2Ir3Ga9, were synthesized, and the physical properties have been studied. From magnetometry, a long-range antiferromagnetic ordering at ≈12.5 K with highly anisotropic magnetic behavior was found. Neutron powder diffraction confirms that the Tb spins lie along the a-axis, parallel to the shortest Tb-Tb contact. Two field-induced spin-flip transitions are observed when the field is applied parallel to this axis, separated by a plateau corresponding roughly to M≈Ms/2. Transport measurements show the resistivity to be metallic with a discontinuity at the onset of Néel order. Heat capacity shows a λ-like transition confirming the bulk nature of the magnetism. We propose a phenomenological spin Hamiltonian that describes the magnetization plateau as a result of strong Ising character arising from a quasidoublet ground state of the Tb3+ ion in a site of Cs symmetry and expressing a significant bond-dependent anisotropy.
- Authors:
-
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1574982
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1581279; OSTI ID: 1651397
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-26779
Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953; PRMHAR; 153265; TRN: US2100210
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; 89233218CNA000001; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; High Magnetic Field Science
Citation Formats
Khan, Mojammel A., Zhang, Qiang, Bao, Jin-Ke, Fishman, Randy S., Botana, A. S., Choi, Y., Fabbris, G., Haskel, D., Singleton, John, and Mitchell, J. F. Steplike metamagnetic transitions in a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet Tb2Ir3Ga9. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.114411.
Khan, Mojammel A., Zhang, Qiang, Bao, Jin-Ke, Fishman, Randy S., Botana, A. S., Choi, Y., Fabbris, G., Haskel, D., Singleton, John, & Mitchell, J. F. Steplike metamagnetic transitions in a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet Tb2Ir3Ga9. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.114411
Khan, Mojammel A., Zhang, Qiang, Bao, Jin-Ke, Fishman, Randy S., Botana, A. S., Choi, Y., Fabbris, G., Haskel, D., Singleton, John, and Mitchell, J. F. Thu .
"Steplike metamagnetic transitions in a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet Tb2Ir3Ga9". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.114411. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1574982.
@article{osti_1574982,
title = {Steplike metamagnetic transitions in a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet Tb2Ir3Ga9},
author = {Khan, Mojammel A. and Zhang, Qiang and Bao, Jin-Ke and Fishman, Randy S. and Botana, A. S. and Choi, Y. and Fabbris, G. and Haskel, D. and Singleton, John and Mitchell, J. F.},
abstractNote = {Single crystals of a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet, Tb2Ir3Ga9, were synthesized, and the physical properties have been studied. From magnetometry, a long-range antiferromagnetic ordering at ≈12.5 K with highly anisotropic magnetic behavior was found. Neutron powder diffraction confirms that the Tb spins lie along the a-axis, parallel to the shortest Tb-Tb contact. Two field-induced spin-flip transitions are observed when the field is applied parallel to this axis, separated by a plateau corresponding roughly to M≈Ms/2. Transport measurements show the resistivity to be metallic with a discontinuity at the onset of Néel order. Heat capacity shows a λ-like transition confirming the bulk nature of the magnetism. We propose a phenomenological spin Hamiltonian that describes the magnetization plateau as a result of strong Ising character arising from a quasidoublet ground state of the Tb3+ ion in a site of Cs symmetry and expressing a significant bond-dependent anisotropy.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.114411},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 11,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
Web of Science
Works referenced in this record:
Crystal Structure and Physical Properties of New Ternary Gallides Eu2Rh3Ga9 and Eu2Ir3Ga9
journal, July 2006
- Sichevych, Olga; Schnelle, Walter; Prots, Yurii
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, Vol. 61, Issue 7
Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
journal, October 1996
- Perdew, John P.; Burke, Kieron; Ernzerhof, Matthias
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 77, Issue 18, p. 3865-3868
Heat capacity of, and crystal-field effects in, the intermetallic compounds ( )
journal, October 1981
- Germano, D. J.; Butera, R. A.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 24, Issue 7
Thermal and transport behavior of single-crystalline ( , Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu, and Y) compounds
journal, August 2009
- Joshi, Devang A.; Nigam, A. K.; Dhar, S. K.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 80, Issue 5
Measurement of magnetic susceptibility in pulsed magnetic fields using a proximity detector oscillator
journal, November 2011
- Ghannadzadeh, S.; Coak, M.; Franke, I.
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 82, Issue 11
Preparation and crystal structure of ternary rare-earth platinum metal aluminides R2T3Al9 (T=Rh, Ir, Pd) with Y2Co3Ga9-type structure and magnetic properties of the iridium compounds
journal, July 2004
- Niermann, Jens; Fehrmann, Birgit; Wolff, Michael W.
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 177, Issue 7
Magnetization jumps and thermal cycling effect induced by impurities in Pr 0.6 Ca 0.4 MnO 3
journal, November 2002
- Maignan, A.; H. bert, S.; Hardy, V.
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 14, Issue 45
Recent advances in magnetic structure determination by neutron powder diffraction
journal, October 1993
- Rodríguez-Carvajal, Juan
- Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 192, Issue 1-2
Magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements of single crystal TbMnO 3
journal, May 2014
- O’Flynn, D.; Lees, M. R.; Balakrishnan, G.
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 26, Issue 25
Ultrasharp Magnetization Steps in Perovskite Manganites
journal, December 2002
- Mahendiran, R.; Maignan, A.; Hébert, S.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 89, Issue 28
An alternative way of linearizing the augmented plane-wave method
journal, March 2000
- Sjöstedt, E.; Nordström, L.; Singh, D. J.
- Solid State Communications, Vol. 114, Issue 1
Proximity detector circuits: An alternative to tunnel diode oscillators for contactless measurements in pulsed magnetic field environments
journal, June 2009
- Altarawneh, M. M.; Mielke, C. H.; Brooks, J. S.
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 80, Issue 6
Magnetic behaviour of Yb2Co3T9 (T=Ga and Al)
journal, January 1999
- Dhar, S. K.; Mitra, C.; Manfrinetti, P.
- Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 259-261
Kitaev-Heisenberg Model on a Honeycomb Lattice: Possible Exotic Phases in Iridium Oxides
journal, July 2010
- Chaloupka, Jiří; Jackeli, George; Khaliullin, Giniyat
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 2
Crystal structure, electric and magnetic behaviour of Ce 2 Pd 9 Sb 3
journal, January 1996
- Gordon, Robert A.; DiSalvo, Francis J.; Pöttgen, Rainer
- J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., Vol. 92, Issue 12
Pressure Tuning of the Spin-Orbit Coupled Ground State in
journal, July 2012
- Haskel, D.; Fabbris, G.; Zhernenkov, Mikhail
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 2
Crystal structure and magnetic properties of R2Co3Al9 compounds (R=Y, Pr, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm)
journal, July 2001
- Routsi, Ch; Yakinthos, J. K.
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 323-324
Crystal-field effects in the mixed-valence compounds
journal, April 2005
- Moreno, N. O.; Lobos, A.; Aligia, A. A.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 71, Issue 16
Metamagnetism in DyCo2Si2
journal, December 1990
- Iwata, N.; Honda, K.; Shigeoka, T.
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 90-91
Photoemission study of Variation of the electronic structure from a mixed-valent to Kondo-lattice system
journal, March 2002
- Okane, T.; Fujimori, S. -I.; Ino, A.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 65, Issue 12
Ultrasharp magnetization steps in the antiferromagnetic itinerant-electron system
journal, January 2016
- Diop, L. V. B.; Isnard, O.; Rodríguez-Carvajal, J.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 1
Magnetic, transport, and thermal properties of compounds ( T =Rh, Ir; X =Al, Ga)
journal, July 1999
- Trovarelli, O.; Geibel, C.; Buschinger, B.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 60, Issue 2
Anyons in an exactly solved model and beyond
journal, January 2006
- Kitaev, Alexei
- Annals of Physics, Vol. 321, Issue 1
Anisotropy and metamagnetism in the RNi2Ge2 (R=Y, La–Nd, Sm–Lu) series
journal, October 1999
- Bud'ko, S. L.; Islam, Z.; Wiener, T. A.
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 205, Issue 1
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Pulsed-Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory
journal, April 2004
- Singleton, J.; Mielke, C. H.; Migliori, A.
- Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 346-347
Magnetism in gallium-doped : Martensitic scenario
journal, October 2008
- Haldar, Arabinda; Suresh, K. G.; Nigam, A. K.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 78, Issue 14
Metamagnetism and complex magnetic phase diagrams of rare earth intermetallics
journal, July 1995
- Gignoux, D.; Schmitt, D.
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 225, Issue 1-2
Crystal structure and properties of U2Co3Al9
journal, August 2007
- Troć, R.; Tougait, O.; Noël, H.
- Intermetallics, Vol. 15, Issue 8
Spectroscopic and magnetic susceptibility analyses of the 7FJ and 5D4 energy levels of Tb3+(4f8) in TbAlO3
journal, August 2008
- Gruber, John B.; Nash, Kelly L.; Yow, Raylon M.
- Journal of Luminescence, Vol. 128, Issue 8
Magnetic phase diagrams of TbCo2Si2, DyCo2Si2, TbCo2Ge2 and DyCo2Ge2
journal, December 1992
- Vinokurova, L.; Ivanov, V.; Szytula, A.
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 190, Issue 1
Hyperhoneycomb Iridate as a Platform for Kitaev Magnetism
journal, February 2015
- Takayama, T.; Kato, A.; Dinnebier, R.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 114, Issue 7
Irreversible magnetic-field-induced antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic transition in Nd5Ge3
journal, January 2010
- Tsutaoka, Takanori; Tanaka, Akira; Narumi, Yasuo
- Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 405, Issue 1
X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of the magnetic anisotropy on
journal, April 2015
- Cuartero, V.; Lafuerza, S.; Subías, G.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 91, Issue 16
Relevance of the Heisenberg-Kitaev Model for the Honeycomb Lattice Iridates
journal, March 2012
- Singh, Yogesh; Manni, S.; Reuther, J.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 12
Crystal structure refinement with SHELXL
journal, January 2015
- Sheldrick, George M.
- Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry, Vol. 71, Issue 1, p. 3-8
Kitaev magnetism in honeycomb with intermediate spin-orbit coupling
journal, June 2015
- Kim, Heung-Sik; V., Vijay Shankar; Catuneanu, Andrei
- Physical Review B, Vol. 91, Issue 24
Specific heat in some gadolinium compounds. I. Experimental
journal, June 1991
- Bouvier, M.; Lethuillier, P.; Schmitt, D.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 43, Issue 16
A new protocol for the determination of magnetic structures using simulated annealing and representational analysis (SARAh)
journal, March 2000
- Wills, A. S.
- Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 276-278
Transport and magnetic properties of new ternary Ce2T3X9-compounds (T=Rh, Ir, X=Al, Ga)
journal, July 1998
- Buschinger, B.; Trovarelli, O.; Weiden, M.
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 275-277
Magnetism, heat capacity, magnetocaloric effect and magneto-transport in R 2 Al ( R = Nd, Gd, Tb) compounds
journal, May 2008
- Kumar, Pramod; Suresh, K. G.; Nigam, A. K.
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 10
Design of a metallic Ising spin glass in the system
journal, December 2000
- Wiener, T. A.; Fisher, I. R.; Bud’ko, S. L.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 62, Issue 22
Magnetic and transport properties of and
journal, December 2006
- Hudis, J.; Hu, R.; Broholm, C. L.
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 307, Issue 2
Observation of spontaneous magnetization jump and field-induced irreversibility in Nd 5 Ge 3
journal, August 2010
- Maji, B.; Suresh, K. G.; Nigam, A. K.
- EPL (Europhysics Letters), Vol. 91, Issue 3
Magnetic deflagration in
journal, February 2010
- Velez, S.; Hernandez, J. M.; Fernandez, A.
- Physical Review B, Vol. 81, Issue 6
Antiferromagnetic Kitaev interaction in -electron based honeycomb magnets
journal, June 2019
- Jang, Seong-Hoon; Sano, Ryoya; Kato, Yasuyuki
- Physical Review B, Vol. 99, Issue 24
Two-dimensional spin liquid behaviour in the triangular-honeycomb antiferromagnet TbInO3
journal, January 2019
- Clark, Lucy; Sala, Gabriele; Maharaj, Dalini D.
- Nature Physics, Vol. 15, Issue 3
Mott Insulators in the Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling Limit: From Heisenberg to a Quantum Compass and Kitaev Models
journal, January 2009
- Jackeli, G.; Khaliullin, G.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 1
Spontaneous and field-induced magnetic phase transitions in : Effects of exchange frustration
journal, August 2018
- Gorbunov, D. I.; Henriques, M. S.; Qureshi, N.
- Physical Review Materials, Vol. 2, Issue 8
Instrument for x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements at high pressures
journal, August 2007
- Haskel, D.; Tseng, Y. C.; Lang, J. C.
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 78, Issue 8
Direct evidence for dominant bond-directional interactions in a honeycomb lattice iridate Na2IrO3
journal, May 2015
- Hwan Chun, Sae; Kim, Jong-Woo; Kim, Jungho
- Nature Physics, Vol. 11, Issue 6
Crystal Structure and Physical Properties of New Ternary Gallides Eu2Rh3Ga9 and Eu2Ir3Ga9.
journal, November 2006
- Sichevych, Olga; Schnelle, Walter; Prots, Yurii
- ChemInform, Vol. 37, Issue 45
Observation of spontaneous magnetization jump and field-induced irreversibility in Nd5Ge3
text, January 2010
- Maji, Bibekananda; Suresh, K. G.; Nigam, A. K.
- arXiv
Two-dimensional spin liquid behaviour in the triangular-honeycomb antiferromagnet TbInO$_3$
text, January 2018
- Clark, Lucy; Sala, Gabriele; Maharaj, Dalini D.
- arXiv
Antiferromagnetic Kitaev Interaction in $f$-Electron Based Honeycomb Magnets
text, January 2018
- Jang, Seong-Hoon; Sano, Ryoya; Kato, Yasuyuki
- arXiv