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Structure and magnetic properties of the S = 3/2 zigzag spin chain antiferromagnet BaCoTe2O7

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We report a study of the structure and magnetic properties of the S = 3/2 zigzag spin chain compound BaCoTe2O7. Neutron diffraction measurements show that it crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric space group Ama2 with a canted ↑↑↓↓ spin structure along the quasi-one-dimensional zigzag chain and a moment size of 1.89(2) µB at 2 K. Both magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements yield an antiferromagnetic phase transition at TN = 6.2 K. A negative Curie-Weiss temperature, ΘCW = −74.7(2) K, and an empirical frustration parameter, f = ∣ΘCW∣/TN ≈ 12, are obtained by fitting the magnetic susceptibility, indicating antiferromagnetic interactions and strong magnetic frustration. From ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy and first-principles calculations, an indirect band gap of 2.68(2) eV is determined. We propose that the canted zigzag spin chain of BaCoTe2O7 may produce a change in the polarization via the exchange-striction mechanism.

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  1. Center for Neutron Science and Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

    Lisi Li, Xunwu Hu, Zengjia Liu, Jia Yu, Kun Cao, Dao-Xin Yao & Meng Wang

  2. Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, Shanghai, 201800, China

    Benyuan Cheng

  3. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Benyuan Cheng

  4. Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, China

    Sihao Deng & Lunhua He

  5. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Lunhua He

  6. Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, 523808, China

    Lunhua He

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Meng Wang was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11904414), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFA0705702). Dao-Xin Yao was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2018YFA0306001, and 2017YFA0206203), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11974432), the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund (Grant No. 2019A1515011337), and the Leading Talent Program of Guangdong Special Projects. We thank Hanjie Guo for the Laue measurements.

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Li, L., Hu, X., Liu, Z. et al. Structure and magnetic properties of the S = 3/2 zigzag spin chain antiferromagnet BaCoTe2O7. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 64, 287412 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-021-1726-0

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