Dynamic Ferrimagnetic Order in a Highly Distorted Double Perovskite Y2CoRuO6

  • Zheng Deng
  • , Maria Retuerto
  • , Sizhan Liu
  • , Mark Croft
  • , Peter W. Stephens
  • , Stuart Calder
  • , Wenmin Li
  • , Bijuan Chen
  • , Changqing Jin
  • , Zhiwei Hu
  • , Man Rong Li
  • , Hong Ji Lin
  • , Ting Shan Chan
  • , Chien Te Chen
  • , Sun Woo Kim
  • , Martha Greenblatt

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Abstract

Y2CoRuO6 was synthesized as a B-site ordered double perovskite with distorted monoclinic P21/n symmetry and an average tilting of the CoO6 and RuO6 octahedra of ψ = 19.7°. DC magnetization measurements show a ferrimagnetic transition at around 82 K. Although long-range ferrimagntic order is supported by neutron diffraction studies, aging phenomena in time-dependent isothermal magnetization, frequency dependence of AC susceptibility, and a smeared peak in the specific heat together reveal spin glass-like dynamics. The magnetic subtleties resemble chaotic behavior as previously observed in some ferro- or ferrimagnetic materials that exhibit spin glass-like dynamics. It is argued that the magnetic dynamics in Y2CoRuO6 mainly stem from competition between antiferromagnetic Co-O-(Ru)-O-Co/Ru-O-(Co)-O-Ru and antiferromagnetic Co-O-Ru interactions, besides a degree of Co:Ru antisite disorder. Herein, the B-site ordered Y2CoRuO6 offers a model to explore the intriguing dynamics in correlated 3d-4d transition metal double perovskites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7047-7054
Number of pages8
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume30
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 23 2018

Funding

This work was supported by NSF-DMR-1507252 grant. The works at IOPCAS were supported by NSF & MOST of China through research projects. Portions of this research used U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facilities as follows: The Advanced Photon Source (Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357); NSLS-I (DE-AC02-98CH10886); NSLS-II (DE-SC0012704); High Flux Isotope Reactor, operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge J.-G. Cheng, Y. W. Long, and J. Friedland for helpful discussions.

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