Experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12
Polycrystalline samples in the solid solution ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O¬12 (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0) have been prepared using the ceramic method and characterised by a combination of magnetometry, X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction. They all adopt the space group P4/nbm with a ~ 9.60, c ~ 4.82 Å...
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| author | Xu, D Sale, M Avdeev, M Ling, C Battle, P |
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| description | Polycrystalline samples in the solid solution ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O¬12 (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0) have been prepared using the ceramic method and characterised by a combination of magnetometry, X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction. They all adopt the space group P4/nbm with a ~ 9.60, c ~ 4.82 Å and show long-range magnetic order with transition temperatures, TC, in the range 2 ≤ TC/K ≤ 10. The underlying magnetic structure is the same in each case but the ordered spins lie along [001] when x = 0.0 and in the (001) plane for all other compositions. In all cases the magnetically-ordered phase is a weak ferromagnet although the magnitude of the spontaneous magnetisation and the strength of the coercive field are composition-dependent. The magnetic structure can be rationalized by considering the strengths of the interactions along the distinct M – O – Ge – O – M superexchange pathways in the crystal and the observed magnetic structure is entirely consistent with the predictions of ab initio calculations. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e00d57ba-734a-4617-aed6-ed885b5c56c42022-03-27T09:44:02ZExperimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e00d57ba-734a-4617-aed6-ed885b5c56c4Symplectic Elements at OxfordRoyal Society of Chemistry2017Xu, DSale, MAvdeev, MLing, CBattle, PPolycrystalline samples in the solid solution ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O¬12 (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0) have been prepared using the ceramic method and characterised by a combination of magnetometry, X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction. They all adopt the space group P4/nbm with a ~ 9.60, c ~ 4.82 Å and show long-range magnetic order with transition temperatures, TC, in the range 2 ≤ TC/K ≤ 10. The underlying magnetic structure is the same in each case but the ordered spins lie along [001] when x = 0.0 and in the (001) plane for all other compositions. In all cases the magnetically-ordered phase is a weak ferromagnet although the magnitude of the spontaneous magnetisation and the strength of the coercive field are composition-dependent. The magnetic structure can be rationalized by considering the strengths of the interactions along the distinct M – O – Ge – O – M superexchange pathways in the crystal and the observed magnetic structure is entirely consistent with the predictions of ab initio calculations. |
| spellingShingle | Xu, D Sale, M Avdeev, M Ling, C Battle, P Experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12 |
| title | Experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12 |
| title_full | Experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12 |
| title_fullStr | Experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12 |
| title_short | Experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of ZrMn2-xCoxGe4O12 |
| title_sort | experimental and computational study of the magnetic properties of zrmn2 xcoxge4o12 |
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