Observation of a Large Magnetic Anisotropy and a Field-Induced Magnetic State in SrCo(VO4)(OH): A Structure with a Quasi One-Dimensional Magnetic Chain
- Liurukara D. Sanjeewa*Liurukara D. Sanjeewa*E-mail: [email protected]Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United StatesDepartment of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973, United StatesMore by Liurukara D. Sanjeewa
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- V. Ovidiu GarleaV. Ovidiu GarleaNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United StatesMore by V. Ovidiu Garlea
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- Randy S. FishmanRandy S. FishmanMaterials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United StatesMore by Randy S. Fishman
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- Michael A. McGuireMichael A. McGuireMaterials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United StatesMore by Michael A. McGuire
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- Jie XingJie XingMaterials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United StatesMore by Jie Xing
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- Huibo CaoHuibo CaoNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United StatesMore by Huibo Cao
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- Joseph W. Kolis*Joseph W. Kolis*E-mail: [email protected]Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973, United StatesMore by Joseph W. Kolis
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- Athena S. SefatAthena S. SefatMaterials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United StatesMore by Athena S. Sefat
Abstract

A new member of the descloizite family, a cobalt vanadate, SrCo(VO4)(OH), has been synthesized as large single crystals using high-temperature and high-pressure hydrothermal methods. SrCo(VO4)(OH) crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system in space group P212121 with the following unit cell parameters: a = 6.0157(2) Å, b = 7.645(2) Å, c = 9.291(3) Å, V = 427.29(2) Å3, and Z = 4. It contains one-dimensional Co–O–Co chains of edge-sharing CoO6 octahedra along the a-axis connected to each other via VO4 tetrahedra along the b-axis forming a three-dimensional structure. The magnetic susceptibility of SrCo(VO4)(OH) indicates an antiferromagnetic transition at 10 K as well as unusually large spin orbit coupling. Single-crystal magnetic measurements in all three main crystallographic directions displayed a significant anisotropy in both temperature- and field-dependent data. Single-crystal neutron diffraction at 4 K was used to characterize the magnetically ordered state. The Co2+ magnetic spins are arranged in a staggered configuration along the chain direction, with a canting angle that follows the tipping of the CoO6 octahedra. The net magnetization along the chain direction, resulting in ferromagnetic coupling of the a-axis spin components in each chain, is compensated by an antiferromagnetic interaction between nearest neighbor chains. A metamagnetic transition appears in the isothermal magnetization data at 2 K along the chain direction, which seems to correspond to a co-alignment of the spin directions of the nearest neighbor chain. We propose a phenomenological spin Hamiltonian that describes the canted spin configuration of the ground state and the metamagnetic transition in SrCo(VO4)(OH).
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