Magnetic properties of the honeycomb oxide Na2Co2TeO6

We have studied the magnetic properties of Na2Co2TeO6, which features a honeycomb lattice of magnetic Co2+ ions, through macroscopic characterization and neutron diffraction on a powder sample. We have shown that this material orders in a zigzag antiferromagnetic structure. In addition to allowing a...

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Published in:Physical review. B 2016-12, Vol.94 (22), p.214416
Main Authors: Lefrançois, E, Songvilay, M, Robert, J, Nataf, G, Jordan, E, Chaix, L, Colin, C V, Lejay, P, Hadj-Azzem, A, Ballou, R, Simonet, V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiferromagnetism
Cobalt
Computer simulation
Honeycomb construction
Magnetic properties
Neutron diffraction
Neutrons
Organic chemistry
Planes
Quantum phenomena
Structure factor
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Summary:We have studied the magnetic properties of Na2Co2TeO6, which features a honeycomb lattice of magnetic Co2+ ions, through macroscopic characterization and neutron diffraction on a powder sample. We have shown that this material orders in a zigzag antiferromagnetic structure. In addition to allowing a linear magnetoelectric coupling, this magnetic arrangement displays very peculiar spatial magnetic correlations, larger in the honeycomb planes than between the planes, which do not evolve with the temperature. We have investigated this behavior by classical Monte Carlo calculations using the J1−J2−J3 model on a honeycomb lattice with a small interplane interaction. Our model reproduces the experimental neutron structure factor, although its absence of temperature evolution must be due to additional ingredients, such as chemical disorder or quantum fluctuations enhanced by the proximity to a phase boundary.
ISSN:2469-9950
2469-9969