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Title: Ferrimagnetic 120 ° magnetic structure in Cu 2 OSO 4

Abstract

We report magnetic properties of a 3d9 (Cu2+) magnetic insulator Cu2OSO4 measured on both powder and single crystal. The magnetic atoms of this compound form layers whose geometry can be described either as a system of chains coupled through dimers or as a kagome lattice where every third spin is replaced by a dimer. Specific heat and DC susceptibility show a magnetic transition at 20 K, which is also confirmed by neutron scattering. Magnetic entropy extracted from the specific heat data is consistent with an S=1/2 degree of freedom per Cu2+, and so is the effective moment extracted from DC susceptibility. The ground state has been identified by means of neutron diffraction on both powder and single crystal and corresponds to an ~120° spin structure in which ferromagnetic intradimer alignment results in a net ferrimagnetic moment. No evidence is found for a change in lattice symmetry down to 2 K. Finally, our results suggest that Cu2OSO4 represents a type of model lattice with frustrated interactions where interplay between magnetic order, thermal and quantum fluctuations can be explored.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [7];  [8];  [9];  [9];  [10]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]
  1. Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzlerland). Lab. for Quantum Magnetism, Inst. of Physics
  2. Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzlerland). Lab. for Quantum Magnetism, Inst. of Physics; Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland). Lab. for Neutron Scattering
  3. Inst. Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble (France)
  4. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland). Lab. for Neutron Scattering
  5. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab., ISIS Neutron Source
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  7. Inst. of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako (Japan). Center for Emergent Matter Science
  8. Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzlerland). Lab. for Quantum Magnetism, Inst. of Physics, and Lab. of Physics of Complex Matter
  9. Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzlerland). Crystal Growth Facility
  10. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland). Swiss Light Source
Publication Date:
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:
1684670
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 102; Journal Issue: 9; 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

Citation Formats

Favre, Virgile Yves, Tucker, Gregory S., Ritter, Clemens, Sibille, Romain, Manuel, Pascal, Frontzek, Matthias D., Kriener, Markus, Yang, Lin, Berger, Helmuth, Magrez, Arnaud, Casati, Nicola M., Živković, Ivica, and Rønnow, Henrik M. Ferrimagnetic 120 ° magnetic structure in Cu 2 OSO 4. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.102.094422.
Favre, Virgile Yves, Tucker, Gregory S., Ritter, Clemens, Sibille, Romain, Manuel, Pascal, Frontzek, Matthias D., Kriener, Markus, Yang, Lin, Berger, Helmuth, Magrez, Arnaud, Casati, Nicola M., Živković, Ivica, & Rønnow, Henrik M. Ferrimagnetic 120 ° magnetic structure in Cu 2 OSO 4. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.094422
Favre, Virgile Yves, Tucker, Gregory S., Ritter, Clemens, Sibille, Romain, Manuel, Pascal, Frontzek, Matthias D., Kriener, Markus, Yang, Lin, Berger, Helmuth, Magrez, Arnaud, Casati, Nicola M., Živković, Ivica, and Rønnow, Henrik M. Fri . "Ferrimagnetic 120 ° magnetic structure in Cu 2 OSO 4". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.094422. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1684670.
@article{osti_1684670,
title = {Ferrimagnetic 120 ° magnetic structure in Cu 2 OSO 4},
author = {Favre, Virgile Yves and Tucker, Gregory S. and Ritter, Clemens and Sibille, Romain and Manuel, Pascal and Frontzek, Matthias D. and Kriener, Markus and Yang, Lin and Berger, Helmuth and Magrez, Arnaud and Casati, Nicola M. and Živković, Ivica and Rønnow, Henrik M.},
abstractNote = {We report magnetic properties of a 3d9 (Cu2+) magnetic insulator Cu2OSO4 measured on both powder and single crystal. The magnetic atoms of this compound form layers whose geometry can be described either as a system of chains coupled through dimers or as a kagome lattice where every third spin is replaced by a dimer. Specific heat and DC susceptibility show a magnetic transition at 20 K, which is also confirmed by neutron scattering. Magnetic entropy extracted from the specific heat data is consistent with an S=1/2 degree of freedom per Cu2+, and so is the effective moment extracted from DC susceptibility. The ground state has been identified by means of neutron diffraction on both powder and single crystal and corresponds to an ~120° spin structure in which ferromagnetic intradimer alignment results in a net ferrimagnetic moment. No evidence is found for a change in lattice symmetry down to 2 K. Finally, our results suggest that Cu2OSO4 represents a type of model lattice with frustrated interactions where interplay between magnetic order, thermal and quantum fluctuations can be explored.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.102.094422},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 9,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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