Canting of the Magnetic Moments on the Octahedral Site of an Iron Oxide Garnet in Response to Diamagnetic Cation Substitution

Joanna Milam-Guerrero, Michelle Zheng, Nicole R. Spence, Stuart Calder, Saul Lapidus, Brent C. Melot

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Abstract

Using neutron powder diffraction and magnetic susceptibility measurements, we report on the preparation and characterization of the temperature- and field-dependent properties of CaY2ZrFe4O12, a composition closely related to the high-temperature ferrimagnet Y3Fe5O12. By diluting the concentration of paramagnetic ions on the octahedral sublattice of the garnet structure, we find temperature-dependent canting of the magnetic moments. This reflects the importance of the octahedral sublattice in mediating the magnetic interactions between the tetrahedral sites and offers insight into a large number of competing magnetic interactions in the garnet structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6249-6254
Number of pages6
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume60
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - May 3 2021

Funding

J.M.-G. and B.C.M. gratefully acknowledge support from the Office of Naval Research Grant No. N00014-15-1-2411. This research used resources at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Use of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

FundersFunder number
Office of Naval ResearchN00014-15-1-2411
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Basic Energy SciencesDE-AC02-06CH11357

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