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The emergence of novel magnetic states becomes more likely when the inversion symmetry of the crystal field, relative to the center between two spins, is broken. We propose that placing magnetic spins in inequivalent sites in a polar lattice can promote a realization of nontrivial magnetic states and associated magnetic properties. To test our hypothesis, we study Fe2(SeO3)(H2O)3 as a model system that displays two distinct Fe(1) and Fe(2) magnetic sites in a polar structure (R3c space group). At low fields μ0H 0.06 T, the material undergoes an antiferromagnetic ordering with TN1 = 77 K and a second transition at TN2 4 K. At μ0H 0.06 T and 74 K T 76 K, a positive entropy change of ∼0.12 mJ mol−1 K−1 can be associated with a metamagnetic transition to possibly nontrivial spin states. At zero field, Fe(1) is nearly fully ordered at T 25 K, while Fe(2) features magnetic frustration down to T = 4 K. The magnetic ground state, a result corroborated by single-crystal neutron diffraction and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, is a noncollinear antiparallel arrangement of ferrimagnetic Fe(1)–Fe(2) dimers along the c-axis. The results demonstrate that placing distinct magnetic sites in a polar crystal lattice can enable a new pathway to modifying spin, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom for unconventional magnetism.
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Authors (7)
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Ebube E. Oyeka
- Clemson University
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Xudong Huai
- Clemson University
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Madalynn Marshall
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Artur Błachowski
- AGH University of Krakow
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Huibo Cao
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Thao Tran
- Clemson University
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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APL Materials
no. 12,
ISSN: 2166-532X - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2024
- Bibliographic description:
- Oyeka E. E., Huai X., Marshall M., Winiarski M., Błachowski A., Cao H., Tran T.: Noncollinear polar magnet Fe2(SeO3)3(H2O)3 with inequivalent Fe3+ sites// APL Materials -,iss. 12 (2024), s.121115-121115
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1063/5.0241243
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- Free publication
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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