35 research outputs found
Possible link of a structurally driven spin flip transition and the insulator-metal transition in the perovskite LaBaCoO
The complex nature of the magnetic ground state in LaACoO
(A = Ca, Sr, Ba) has been investigated via neutron scattering. It was
previously observed that ferromagnetic (FM) as well as antiferromagnetic (AFM)
correlations can coexist prior to the insulator-metal transition (IMT). We
focused on a unique region in the Ba phase diagram, from x = 0.17 - 0.22, in
which a commensurate AFM phase appears first with a propagation vector, k = (0,
-0.5, 0.5), and the Co moment in the (001) plane of the rhombohedral
lattice. With increasing x, the AFM component weakens while an FM order appears
with the FM Co moment directed along the (001) (=(111)) axis. By x
= 0.22, a spin flip to new FM component appears as the crystal fully transforms
to an orthorhombic (Pnma) structure, with the Co moments pointing along a new
direction, (001) (=(110)). It is the emergence of the magnetic Pnma
phase that leads to IMT.Comment: 5 page
Structure and composition of the superconducting phase in alkali iron selenide KFeSe
We use neutron diffraction to study the temperature evolution of the average
structure and local lattice distortions in insulating and superconducting
potassium iron selenide KFeSe. In the high temperature
paramagnetic state, both materials have a single phase with crystal structure
similar to that of the BaFeAs family of iron pnictides. While the
insulating KFeSe forms a iron
vacancy ordered block antiferromagnetic (AF) structure at low-temperature, the
superconducting compounds spontaneously phase separate into an insulating part
with iron vacancy order and a superconducting phase
with chemical composition of KFeSe and BaFeAs structure.
Therefore, superconductivity in alkaline iron selenides arises from alkali
deficient KFeSe in the matrix of the insulating block AF phase.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Observation of helimagnetism in the candidate ferroelectric CrI
CrI is a quasi-one dimensional (1D) van der Waals (vdW) system that
exhibits helimagnetism that propagates along the ribbons. This was determined
from neutron time-of-flight diffraction measurements. Below K, a
screw-like helimagnetic order develops with an incommensurate wavevector of
at 8 K. Using density functional theory
(DFT) calculations, the - model was leveraged to describe the
helimagnetism, where and correspond, respectively, to
a ferromagnetic nearest neighbor (NN) and antiferromagnetic next-nearest
neighbor (NNN) intrachain interaction. The DFT calculations predict that
bulk CrI in the orthorhombic crystal structure satisfies the
condition, which favors formation of helimagnetic order.Comment: main pdf file includes supplemen