Abstract
An ambient-pressure solution route and an improved solvothermal synthetic method have been developed to produce polycrystalline powders and large single crystals of NH4MCl2(HCOO) (M=Fe, Co, Ni). The magnetic structure of the 1D linear chain compound NH4FeCl2(HCOO) has been determined by low-temperature neutron powder diffraction, revealing ferromagnetic intra-chain interactions and antiferromagnetic inter-chain interactions. The newly-reported Co and Ni analogs are isostructural with NH4FeCl2(HCOO), but there are significant differences in the magnetic properties of each compound; the Ni analog behaves similarly to the Fe compound but with stronger magnetic coupling, exhibiting antiferromagnetic ordering (TN=8.5 K) and a broad metamagnetic transition between 2 and 5 T, while the Co analog does not order magnetically above 2 K, despite strong antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interactions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 222-229 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Solid State Chemistry |
Volume | 236 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2016 |
Funding
The University of California, Davis is gratefully acknowledged for financial support. The work at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Funders | Funder number |
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Office of Basic Energy Sciences | |
Scientific User Facilities Division | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
University of California, Davis |
Keywords
- Crystal growth
- Low-dimensional magnetism
- Magnetic structure
- Mössbauer spectroscopy
- Neutron diffraction
- Solvothermal synthesis