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Title: | Synthesis and Characterization of the Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of the New Fluorophosphate LiNaCo[PO4]F |
Authors: | Ben Yahia, H Shikano, M Koike, S Tatsumi, K Kobayashi, H Kawaji, H Avdeev, M Miiller, W Ling, CD Liu, J Whangbo, MH |
Keywords: | SPIN CATHODES LITHIUM ANTIFERROMAGNETISM X-RAY DIFFRACTION NEUTRONS VALENCE METALS |
Issue Date: | 20-Aug-2012 |
Publisher: | AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
Citation: | Ben Yahia, H., Shikano, M., Koike, S., Tatsumi, K., Kobayashi, H., Kawaji, H., Avdeev, M., Miiller, W., Ling, C. D., Liu, J., & Whangbo, M. H. (2012). Synthesis and Characterization of the Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of the New Fluorophosphate LiNaCo[PO4]F. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(16), 8729-8738. |
Abstract: | The new compound LiNaCo[PO4]F was synthesized by a solid state reaction route, and its crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements. The magnetic properties of LiNaCo[PO4]F were characterized by magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and neutron powder diffraction measurements and also by density functional calculations. LiNaCo[PO4]F crystallizes with orthorhombic symmetry, space group Pnma, with a = 10.9334(6), b = 6.2934(11), c = 11.3556(10) angstrom, and Z = 8. The structure consists of edge-sharing CoO4F2 octahedra forming CoFO3 chains running along the b axis. These chains are interlinked by PO4 tetrahedra forming a three-dimensional framework with the tunnels and the cavities filled by the well-ordered sodium and lithium atoms, respectively. The magnetic susceptibility follows the Curie Weiss behavior above 60 K with theta = -21 K. The specific heat and magnetization measurements show that LiNaCo[PO4]F undergoes a three-dimensional magnetic ordering at T-mag = 10.2(5) K. The neutron powder diffraction measurements at 3 K show that the spins in each CoFO3 chain along the b-direction are ferromagnetically coupled, while these FM chains are antiferromagnetically coupled along the a-direction but have a noncollinear arrangement along the c-direction. The noncollinear spin arrangement implies the presence of spin conflict along the c-direction. The observed magnetic structures are well explained by the spin exchange constants determined from density functional calculations. © 2012, American Chemical Society. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic300374w http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/5458 |
ISSN: | 0020-1669 |
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