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Title: Magnetic ground state and magnetic excitations in black dioptase Cu 6 Si 6 O 18

Abstract

The low-temperature magnetic properties and magnetic structure of fully dehydrated black dioptase Cu 6 Si 6 O 18 have been studied by single-crystal neutron diffraction and magnetization measurements in magnetic fields up to 30 T. Here, the intrachain J c and interchain J a b interactions as well as the anisotropy of the exchange coupling J c have been determined using inelastic neutron-scattering techniques. Zero-field antiferromagnetic order at T N = 6.7 K can be described by a commensurate propagation vector of k = ( 0 , 0 , 3 / 2 ) with respect to the hexagonal R 3 ¯ :H unit cell. The Cu magnetic moments are aligned antiferromagnetically along the c axis with about 12° tilt and are coupled ferromagnetically between the chains. The high-field magnetization measurements provide strong evidence for the presence of a spin-flop phase above 8 T. We found that J c in black dioptase is significantly increased, while J a b is much weaker compared to its counterpart, green dioptase Cu 6 [ Si 6 O 18 ] 6 H 2 O . We suggest that black dioptase behaves like a nearly ideal S = 1 / 2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spiral chain with enhanced quantum fluctuations and weak spinon confinement J a b / J c ~ 0.02 .

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [4];  [5];  [5]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin (Germany)
  3. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (Germany); Technische Univ. Dresden (Germany)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  5. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1607105
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; magnetic interactions; magnetism; 1-dimensional spin chains; antiferromagnets; inelastic neutron scattering; neutron scattering

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Podlesnyak, Andrey A., Prokhnenko, Oleksandr, Nikitin, Stanislav E., Kolesnikov, Alexander I., Matsuda, Masaaki, Dissanayake, Sachith E., Prisk, T. R., Nojiri, H., Díaz-Ortega, I. F., Kidder, Michelle K., and Anovitz, Lawrence M. Magnetic ground state and magnetic excitations in black dioptase Cu6Si6O18. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.184401.
Podlesnyak, Andrey A., Prokhnenko, Oleksandr, Nikitin, Stanislav E., Kolesnikov, Alexander I., Matsuda, Masaaki, Dissanayake, Sachith E., Prisk, T. R., Nojiri, H., Díaz-Ortega, I. F., Kidder, Michelle K., & Anovitz, Lawrence M. Magnetic ground state and magnetic excitations in black dioptase Cu6Si6O18. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.184401
Podlesnyak, Andrey A., Prokhnenko, Oleksandr, Nikitin, Stanislav E., Kolesnikov, Alexander I., Matsuda, Masaaki, Dissanayake, Sachith E., Prisk, T. R., Nojiri, H., Díaz-Ortega, I. F., Kidder, Michelle K., and Anovitz, Lawrence M. Fri . "Magnetic ground state and magnetic excitations in black dioptase Cu6Si6O18". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.184401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1607105.
@article{osti_1607105,
title = {Magnetic ground state and magnetic excitations in black dioptase Cu6Si6O18},
author = {Podlesnyak, Andrey A. and Prokhnenko, Oleksandr and Nikitin, Stanislav E. and Kolesnikov, Alexander I. and Matsuda, Masaaki and Dissanayake, Sachith E. and Prisk, T. R. and Nojiri, H. and Díaz-Ortega, I. F. and Kidder, Michelle K. and Anovitz, Lawrence M.},
abstractNote = {The low-temperature magnetic properties and magnetic structure of fully dehydrated black dioptase Cu6Si6O18 have been studied by single-crystal neutron diffraction and magnetization measurements in magnetic fields up to 30 T. Here, the intrachain Jc and interchain Jab interactions as well as the anisotropy of the exchange coupling Jc have been determined using inelastic neutron-scattering techniques. Zero-field antiferromagnetic order at TN=6.7 K can be described by a commensurate propagation vector of k=(0,0,3/2) with respect to the hexagonal R3¯:H unit cell. The Cu magnetic moments are aligned antiferromagnetically along the c axis with about 12° tilt and are coupled ferromagnetically between the chains. The high-field magnetization measurements provide strong evidence for the presence of a spin-flop phase above 8 T. We found that Jc in black dioptase is significantly increased, while Jab is much weaker compared to its counterpart, green dioptase Cu6[Si6O18] 6H2O. We suggest that black dioptase behaves like a nearly ideal S=1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spiral chain with enhanced quantum fluctuations and weak spinon confinement Jab/Jc~0.02.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.100.184401},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 18,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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