TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase diagram of CuCrO2 in a magnetic field
AU - Fishman, Randy S.
PY - 2011/9/14
Y1 - 2011/9/14
N2 - A simplified model is used to construct the magnetic phase diagram of CuCrO2 as a function of magnetic field and easy-axis anisotropy. Neglecting the weak interactions between hexagonal layers, CuCrO2 is predicted to undergo transitions between three different 3-sublattice (SL) phases with increasing field: from a chiral, non-collinear phase that exhibits multiferroic behavior, to a collinear phase, to a non-chiral, non-collinear phase. The phase diagram also contains 1-SL, 4-SL, and 5-SL collinear phases, some of which may be accessible in the nonstoichiometric compound CuCrO 2+.
AB - A simplified model is used to construct the magnetic phase diagram of CuCrO2 as a function of magnetic field and easy-axis anisotropy. Neglecting the weak interactions between hexagonal layers, CuCrO2 is predicted to undergo transitions between three different 3-sublattice (SL) phases with increasing field: from a chiral, non-collinear phase that exhibits multiferroic behavior, to a collinear phase, to a non-chiral, non-collinear phase. The phase diagram also contains 1-SL, 4-SL, and 5-SL collinear phases, some of which may be accessible in the nonstoichiometric compound CuCrO 2+.
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U2 - 10.1088/0953-8984/23/36/366002
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/23/36/366002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052209351
SN - 0953-8984
VL - 23
JO - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
JF - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
IS - 36
M1 - 366002
ER -