Magnetic structure of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet ${\text{NiPS}}_{3}$

Editors' Suggestion

Magnetic structure of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet ${NiPS}_{3}$

A. R. Wildes, V. Simonet, E. Ressouche, G. J. McIntyre, M. Avdeev, E. Suard, S. A. J. Kimber, D. Lançon, G. Pepe, B. Moubaraki, and T. J. Hicks

Phys. Rev. B 92, 224408 – Published 7 December 2015

Abstract

The magnetic structure of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet ${NiPS}_{3}$ has been determined by magnetometry and a variety of neutron diffraction techniques. The experiments show that the samples must be carefully handled, as gluing influences the magnetometry measurements while preferred orientation complicates the interpretation of powder diffraction measurements. Our global set of consistent measurements show numerous departures from previously published results. We show that the compound adopts a k = $[010]$ antiferromagnetic structure with the moment directions mostly along the $a$ axis, and that the paramagnetic susceptibility is isotropic. The critical behavior was also investigated through the temperature dependence of the magnetic Bragg peaks below the Néel temperature.

4 More

Received 15 June 2015
Revised 6 November 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.224408

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Antiferromagnetism Magnetism

Magnetization measurements Neutron diffraction X-ray diffraction

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

A. R. Wildes^1,*, V. Simonet^2,3, E. Ressouche⁴, G. J. McIntyre⁵, M. Avdeev⁵, E. Suard¹, S. A. J. Kimber⁶, D. Lançon^1,7, G. Pepe^8,†, B. Moubaraki⁹, and T. J. Hicks¹⁰

¹Institut Laue-Langevin, CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble Cédex 9, France
²CNRS, Institut Néel, F-38000 Grenoble, France
³Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Institut Néel, F-38000 Grenoble, France
⁴CEA-Grenoble/INAC, Laboratoire MDN, 17 rue des martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cédex 9, France
⁵Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC NSW 2232, Australia
⁶European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cédex 9, France
⁷Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, SB ICMP LQM, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
⁸Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
⁹School of Chemistry, Monash University, Box 23, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
¹⁰School of Physics, Monash University, Box 27, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

^*wildes@ill.fr
^†Present address: Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, 19 J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.

Article Text (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand

Supplemental Material (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand

References (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand

Issue

Vol. 92, Iss. 22 — 1 December 2015

Reuse & Permissions

Access Options

Author publication services for translation and copyediting assistance advertisement

Physical Review B

covering condensed matter and materials physics

Magnetic structure of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet ${NiPS}_{3}$

A. R. Wildes, V. Simonet, E. Ressouche, G. J. McIntyre, M. Avdeev, E. Suard, S. A. J. Kimber, D. Lançon, G. Pepe, B. Moubaraki, and T. J. Hicks

Phys. Rev. B 92, 224408 – Published 7 December 2015

Abstract

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Authors & Affiliations

Article Text (Subscription Required)

Supplemental Material (Subscription Required)

References (Subscription Required)

Issue

Access Options

Physical Review B

covering condensed matter and materials physics

Magnetic structure of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet NiPS3

A. R. Wildes, V. Simonet, E. Ressouche, G. J. McIntyre, M. Avdeev, E. Suard, S. A. J. Kimber, D. Lançon, G. Pepe, B. Moubaraki, and T. J. Hicks

Phys. Rev. B 92, 224408 – Published 7 December 2015

Abstract

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Authors & Affiliations

Article Text (Subscription Required)

Supplemental Material (Subscription Required)

References (Subscription Required)

Issue

Access Options

Authorization Required

Other Options

Download & Share

Images

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Figure 6

Figure 7

Figure 8

Figure 9

Figure 10

Figure 11

Log In

Search

Article Lookup

Paste a citation or DOI

Enter a citation

Magnetic structure of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet ${NiPS}_{3}$