16 research outputs found

    Structure and magnetism of copper substituted cobalt ludwigite Co₃O₂BO₃

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    The single crystals Co₃O₂BO₃ with partial (4%) substitution of Co by Cu ions were synthesized by the flux technique. X-ray diffraction and magnetic properties investigations were carried out. The x-ray diffraction meas-urements have shown that Cu clearly prefers only one from four nonequivalent crystallographic positions with the smallest electric field gradient. The ferrimagnetic ordering near TN = 43 K and high magnetic hardness in this magnetic phase are similar to Co₃O₂BO₃. The small reduction of the effective magnetic moment was revealed under copper substitution

    Antiferromagnetic resonance in ferroborate NdFe3_3(BO3_3)$_4

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    The AFMR spectra of the NdFe3_3(BO3_3)4_4 crystal are measured in a wide range of frequencies and temperatures. It is found that by the type of magnetic anisotropy the compound is an "easy-plane" antiferromagnet with a weak anisotropy in the basal plane. The effective magnetic parameters are determined: anisotropy fields Ha1H_{a1}=1.14 kOe and Ha2H_{a2}=60 kOe and magnetic excitation gaps Δν1\Delta\nu_1=101.9 GHz and Δν2\Delta \nu_2=23.8 GHz. It is shown that commensurate-incommensurate phase transition causes a shift in resonance field and a considerable change in absorption line width. At temperatures below 4.2 K nonlinear regimes of AFMR excitation at low microwave power levels are observed

    Magnetic, structural, and dielectric properties of CuB2O4

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    We have studied the magnetic, structural, and dielectric properties of a single crystal of CuB2O4. We show that both reported magnetic transitions are observable in the magnetization, irrespective of the measured direction of the crystal. This is in agreement with recent neutron data. More importantly, our study demonstrates the absence of dielectric anomalies at the various magnetic transitions despite the reported magnetoelectric symmetry. This demonstrates that the polarization remains zero at any temperature. Consequently, we interpret our data as the evidence for a very weak or the absence of linear magnetoelectric coupling in this material.

    Holmium iron borate: high-resolution spectroscopy and crystal-field parameters

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    High-resolution transmission spectra of HoFe3(BO3)4 single crystals were measured in broad spectral (5000-23000 cm−1) and temperature (1.7-300 K) ranges. Crystal-field energies of the Ho3+ ions were determined for a paramagnetic and easy-axis antiferromagnetic phases of the compound. On the basis of these data and of preliminary crystal-field calculations in the frame of the exchange-charge model, crystal-field parameters were found. A parameter of the isotropic Ho-Fe exchange interaction was estimated

    Magnetic properties of ludwigite Mn<inf>2.25</inf>Co<inf>0.75</inf>BO<inf>5</inf>

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    Needle-shape single crystals of Mn2.25Co0.75BO5 ludwigite were synthesized by the flux technique and investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, static magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements. Magnetization and specific heat experiments showed the presence of ferrimagnetic ordering near TN≃61K. Below this temperature the magnetic properties demonstrated the angular dependence and the high magnetic hardness in a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the crystallographic c axis, which is similar to other cobalt-containing ludwigites. The effective magnetic moment per magnetic ion 4.8μB was calculated from the paramagnetic data. Analysis of the phonon contribution to the specific heat allowed to distinguish the magnetic contribution CM, which has two features. One of which was observed at TN and can be attributed to strong exchange interactions between spins of magnetic ions. The second one at T = 11.6 K is due to the effect of the ligands crystal field on a magnetic ion with S>1∕2

    Antiferromagnetism of the cation-ordered warwickite system Mn<inf>2-</inf><inf>x</inf>Mg<inf>x</inf>BO<inf>4</inf> (x = 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7)

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    © 2020 Elsevier B.V. X-ray diffraction, heat capacity and magnetic measurements are performed on single crystals of Mn2-xMgxBO4 (x = 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7) with the warwickite structure. The monoclinic symmetry is found for all samples with the space group P21/n. The M1 site is occupied by trivalent Mn ions while the M2 site is occupied by a mixture of divalent Mg and Mn ions. Regular cation and charge distributions are observed, which is unusual for heterometallic warwickites. The local octahedral distortions of M1O6 show the monotonic dependence on the Mg content and are in accordance with the Jahn-Teller distortion. All samples are found to undergo long-range antiferromagnetic ordering with rather low transition temperatures of TN = 16, 14 and 13 K for x = 0.5, 0.6, and 0.7, respectively. The ordering of local octahedral distortions, caused by the strong electron-phonon interaction of the trivalent Mn ions, is proposed to stabilise the cationic ordering and, as a result, the long-range magnetic ordering in the material

    Cascade of Phase Transitions in GdFe3(BO3)4

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    Cascade of phase transitions in GdFe3(BO3)4 at 156, 37, and 9 K has been detected by specific heat measurements and further studied by Raman scattering and Nd3+ spectroscopic probe method. A weakly first-order structural phase transition at 156 K is followed by a second-order antiferromagnetic ordering phase transition at 37 K and a first-order spin-reorientational phase transition at 9 K.
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