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Singh H, Skoulatos M, Joshi DC, Pramanik P, Roy-Chowdhury M, Ghosh S, Jena SK, Dey JK, Thota S. Magnetic exchange interactions and non-Debye relaxation in spin-3/2 frustrated Kagomé magnet Co 3V 2O 8. J Phys Condens Matter 2024; 36:315601. [PMID: 38653255 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad4223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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We report the experimental determination of the magnetic exchange parameter (J/kB= 2.88 ± 0.02 K) for the Spin-3/2 ferromagnetic (FM) Kagomé lattice system: Co3V2O8using the temperature dependence of dc-magnetic susceptibilityχ(T) data by employing the fundamental Heisenberg linear chain model. Our results are quite consistent with the theoretically reported nearest neighbor dominant FM exchange coupling strengthJex-NN∼2.45 K. Five different magnetic phase transitions (6.2-11.2 K) and spin-flip transitions (9.6-7.7 kOe) have been probed using the∂(χT)/∂Tvs.T, heat capacity (CP-T) and differential isothermal magnetization curves. Among such sequence of transitions, the prominent ones being incommensurate antiferromagnetic (AFM) state at 11.2 K, commensurate AFM state at 8.8 K, and commensurate FM state across 6.2 K. All the successive magnetic phase transitions have been mapped onto a single H-T plane through which one can easily distinguish the above-mentioned different phases. The magnetic contribution of theCP-TnearTN(11.2 K) has been analyzed using the power-law expressionCM=A|T-TN|-αresulting in the critical exponentα= 0.18 ± 0.01 (0.15 ± 0.003) forTTN), respectively for the Co3V2O8. It is interesting to note that non-Debye type dipole relaxation is quite prominent in Co3V2O8and was evident from the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts analysis of complex modulus and impedance spectra (0⩽β⩽1). Mott's variable-range hopping of charge carriers process is evident through the resistivity analysis (ρac-T-1/4) in the temperature range 275 ∘C-350 ∘C. Moreover, the frequency-dependent analysis ofσac(ω) follows Jonscher's power law yielding two distinct activation energies (Ea∼0.37 and 2.29 eV) between the temperature range 39 ∘C-99 ∘C and 240 ∘C-321 ∘C.
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- H Singh
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) and Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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Dey JK, Majumdar S, Giri S. Coexisting exchange bias effect and ferroelectricity in geometrically frustrated ZnCr 2O 4. J Phys Condens Matter 2018; 30:235801. [PMID: 29701612 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aac0b7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Concomitant occurrence of exchange bias effect and ferroelectric order is revealed in antiferromagnetic spinel ZnCr2O4. The exchange bias effect is observed below antiferromagnetic Neél temperature (T N) with a reasonable value of exchange bias field ([Formula: see text] Oe at 2 K). Intriguingly, the [Formula: see text] ratio is found unusually high as ∼2.2, where H C is the coercivity. This indicates that large H C is not always primary for obtaining large exchange bias effect. Ferroelectric order is observed at T N, where non-centrosymmetric magnetic structure with [Formula: see text] space group associated with the magnetoelectric coupling correlates the ferroelectric order, proposing that, ZnCr2O4 is an improper multiferroic material. Rare occurrence of exchange bias effect and ferroelectric order in ZnCr2O4 attracts the community for fundamental interest and draws special attention in designing new materials for possible electric field control of exchange bias effect.
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- J K Dey
- Department of Solid State Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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