Antiferromagnetic Ordering in Quasi-One-Dimensional FeBi4S7

Ian Campbell, Vasile Ovidiu Garlea, Qiang Zhang, Yuwaraj Adhikari, Peng Xiong, Nathan J. Yutronkie, Andrei Rogalev, Michael Shatruk

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Abstract

We report a detailed study of the synthesis, composition, magnetic structure, and transport properties of a quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet FeBi4S7 that contains chains of edge-sharing FeS6 octahedra. High-resolution powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) analysis, aided by variation of synthetic conditions, suggests that the true formula of the material is Fe1.2Bi3.8S7, due to the minor substitution of Fe into Bi sites. This finding is in agreement with crystal structure refinement from neutron powder diffraction data as well as with the small band gap of 0.23 eV determined from electrical transport measurements. Analysis of the neutron diffraction pattern collected below the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature of 64 K revealed ferromagnetic coupling between the Fe moments in the chains of FeS6 octahedra. The overall ordering, however, is antiferromagnetic due to the antiparallel arrangement of moments on neighboring chains. The collinear spin arrangement is described by a k-vector (1, 0, 1/2), which indicates doubling of the unit cell in the c direction and the loss of the C-centering translation as compared to the nuclear cell. The ferromagnetic nature of the sulfide-bridged chains of Fe2+ ions in FeBi4S7, in contrast to the antiferromagnetic coupling between Fe moments in compounds with similar structural fragments, can be justified by the analysis of metric parameters that characterize the Fe-S bonding in these materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3417-3423
Number of pages7
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume36
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 9 2024

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