High pressure synthesis of polar and non-polar cation ordered polymorphs of Mn2ScSbO6

Two new cation-ordered polymorphs of Mn2ScSbO6 have been synthesised at high-pressure. At 5.5 GPa and 1523 K Mn2ScSbO6 crystallizes in the Ni3TeO6-type structure with the polar R3 space group and cell parameters a = 5.3419 (5) Å and c = 14.0603 (2) Å. Below TC = 42.0 K it exhibits ferrimagnetic orde...

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Autores: Solana Madruga, Elena, Dos Santos García, Antonio Juan, Arévalo-López, Ángel, Ávila Brande, David, Ritter, Clemens, Attfield, Paul, Sáez Puche, Regino
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/92970
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92970
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:546
High pressure
Multiferroic
Neutron diffraction
Magnetic properties
Crystallography
Química inorgánica (Química)
Materiales
2303.29 Elementos de Transición
2303.26 Estructura de Los Compuestos Inorgánicos
2211.17 Propiedades Magnéticas
2211.04 Cristalografía
2213.03 Altas Presiones
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Sumario:Two new cation-ordered polymorphs of Mn2ScSbO6 have been synthesised at high-pressure. At 5.5 GPa and 1523 K Mn2ScSbO6 crystallizes in the Ni3TeO6-type structure with the polar R3 space group and cell parameters a = 5.3419 (5) Å and c = 14.0603 (2) Å. Below TC = 42.0 K it exhibits ferrimagnetic order with a net magnetization of 0.6μB arising from unusual site-selective Mn/Sc disorder and is thus a potential multiferroic material. A double perovskite phase obtained at 12 GPa and 1473 K crystallizes in the nonpolar P21/n monoclinic space group with cell parameters a = 5.2909 (3) Å, b = 5.4698 (3) Å, c = 7.7349 (5) Å and β = 90.165 (6) °. Magnetization and neutron diffraction experiments reveal antiferromagnetic order below TN = 22.3 K with the spins lying in the ac plane.