標題: Zigzag antiferromagnetic quantum ground state in monoclinic honeycomb lattice antimonates A(3)Ni(2)SbO(6) (A = Li, Na)
作者: Zvereva, E. A.
Stratan, M. I.
Ovchenkov, Y. A.
Nalbandyan, V. B.
Lin, J. -Y.
Vavilova, E. L.
Iakovleva, M. F.
Abdel-Hafiez, M.
Silhanek, A. V.
Chen, X. -J.
Stroppa, A.
Picozzi, S.
Jeschke, H. O.
Valenti, R.
Vasiliev, A. N.
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National Chiao Tung University
公開日期: 1-Oct-2015
摘要: We present a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of the electronic and magnetic properties of two quasi-two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb lattice monoclinic compounds A(3)Ni(2)SbO(6) (A = Li, Na). Magnetic susceptibility and specific heat data are consistent with the onset of antiferromagnetic long-range order with Neel temperatures of similar to 14 and 16 K for Li3Ni2SbO6 and Na3Ni2SbO6, respectively. The effective magnetic moments of 4.3 mu(B)/f.u. (Li3Ni2SbO6) and 4.4 mu(B)/f.u. (Na3Ni2SbO6), where f.u. is formula units, indicate that Ni2+ is in a high-spin configuration (S = 1). The temperature dependence of the inverse magnetic susceptibility follows the Curie-Weiss law in the high-temperature region and shows positive values of the Weiss temperature, similar to 8 K (Li3Ni2SbO6) and similar to 12 K (Na3Ni2SbO6), pointing to the presence of nonnegligible ferromagnetic interactions, although the system orders antiferromagnetically at lowtemperatures. In addition, themagnetization curves reveal a field-induced (spin-flop type) transition below T-N that can be related to the magnetocrystalline anisotropy in these systems. These observations are in agreement with density functional theory calculations, which show that both antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic intralayer spin exchange couplings between Ni2+ ions are present in the honeycomb planes, supporting a zigzag antiferromagnetic ground state. Based on our experimental measurements and theoretical calculations, we propose magnetic phase diagrams for the two compounds.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.144401
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/128261
ISSN: 1098-0121
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.144401
期刊: PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume: 92
Issue: 14
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