Abstract
We investigated the magnetic properties of the low-dimensional BaM2Si2O7 (M = Cu, Co, and Mn) system using both experimental measurements and theoretical calculations. Magnetization, specific heat, and single crystal neutron diffraction measurements have been performed on single crystal BaMn2Si2O7. The spin structure was determined and a magnetic phase diagram with applied field along the b axis was constructed, which contains a spin flop transition around 6 T. Magnetization and specific heat measurements confirmed the presence of weak ferromagnetism in BaCo2Si2O7. Furthermore, we performed local-spin density approximation with on-site Coulomb energy (LSDA+U) calculations for the BaM2Si2O7 (M = Cu, Co, and Mn) system. Based on the first-principles calculations, the origin of the magnetic differences of the three materials is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 035131 |
Journal | Physical Review B |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 26 2019 |
Funding
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) with Grants No. 11774223, No. 11474197, No. U1632272, No. 11521404, and No. 11574201. J.M., G.H.W., and H.D.Z. acknowledge the support from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grants No. 2016YFA0300500 and No. 2016YFA0301003). A portion of this research used resources at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Q.H. acknowledges the support from the GO! Student Program of ORNL. H.D.Z. also acknowledges the support from NSF-DMR with Grant No. NSF-DMR-1350002. D.Q. acknowledges support from the Changjiang Scholars Program. Computations were performed at the HPC of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. We also acknowledge Michael Koehler for polishing the manuscript.
Funders | Funder number |
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Changjiang Scholars Program | |
Ministry of Science and Technology of China | 2016YFA0301003, 2016YFA0300500 |
NSF-DMR | |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | U1632272, 11521404, 11474197, 11574201, 11774223 |