Magnetic properties of Fe{sub 2}P-type Tb{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2}, Tb{sub 6}CoTe{sub 2}, Tb{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} and Er{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2} compounds

Journal Article · Wed Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2010.10.023· OSTI ID:21494160

Mozharivskyj, Yu; SvitlyK, V ^[1]; Nirmala, R ^[2]; Nigam, A K ^[3]

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1. Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 (Canada)
2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036 (India)
3. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400 005 (India)

The magnetic ordering of the Fe{sub 2}P-type Tb{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2}, Tb{sub 6}CoTe{sub 2} Tb{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} and Er{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2} phases (space group P6-bar 2m) has been investigated through magnetization measurement and neutron powder diffraction. Tb{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2}, Tb{sub 6}CoTe{sub 2} and Tb{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} demonstrate high-temperature ferromagnetic and low-temperature spin reorientation transitions, whereas Er{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2} shows antiferromagnetic transition, only. The Tb{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2} and Tb{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} phases show same high-temperature collinear ferromagnetic structure, whereas Tb{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2} is the commensurate non-collinear ferromagnet and Tb{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} is the canted ferromagnetic cone with K{sub 1}=[0, 0, {+-}3/10] and K{sub 2}=[{+-}2/9, {+-}2/9, 0] wave vectors at 2 K. The magnetic structure of Er{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2} is a flat spiral with K{sub 1}=[0, 0, {+-}1/10] at 2 K. The magnetic entropy change for Tb{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} is {Delta}S{sub m}=-4.86 J/kg K at 229 K for the field change {Delta}{mu}{sub 0}H=0-5 T. In addition, novel Fe{sub 2}P-type Gd{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2}, Zr{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2}, Hf{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2}, Dy{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2}, Zr{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} and Hf{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} phases have been obtained. -- Graphical abstract: The novel Fe{sub 2}P-type Tb{sub 6{l_brace}}Fe, Co, Te{r_brace}Te{sub 2} and Er{sub 6}FeTe{sub 2} phases (space group P6-bar 2m) show the complex magnetic ordering below 18-228 K. The magnetocaloric effect for Tb{sub 6}NiTe{sub 2} in terms of the isothermal entropy change, -{Delta}S{sub m}, has the maximum value of 4.86 J/kg K at 229 K for the 0-5 T field change.

• OSTI ID: 21494160
• Journal Information: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 183, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2010.10.023; PII: S0022-4596(10)00480-9; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; ISSN 0022-4596
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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