Ising-like anisotropy stabilized 13 and 23 magnetization plateaus in the V3+ kagome lattice antiferromagnets Cs2KV3F12,Cs2NaV3F12, and Rb2NaV3F12

Masato Goto, Hiroaki Ueda, Chishiro Michioka, Akira Matsuo, Koichi Kindo, Kento Sugawara, Shintaro Kobayashi, Naoyuki Katayama, Hiroshi Sawa, and Kazuyoshi Yoshimura
Phys. Rev. B 95, 134436 – Published 20 April 2017

Abstract

We have investigated crystal structure and magnetic properties of three S=1V3+ Ising-like anisotropic kagome lattice antiferromagnets, Cs2KV3F12,Cs2NaV3F12, and Rb2NaV3F12, using single crystals. Each compound crystallizes in a monoclinic system and has a slightly distorted kagome lattice. Although the magnetic properties are similar, the details depend on the magnitude of magnetic anisotropy. The magnetization and magnetic susceptibility are highly anisotropic owing to anisotropic g factors and Ising-like single ion anisotropy originating from partially unquenched orbital moments of V3+, and the easy axis of Ising-like anisotropy is perpendicular to the kagome plane. In contrast to disordered ground states in the isostructural Ti3+ (S=1/2) compounds, the V3+ (S=1) compounds exhibit antiferromagnetic ordering with distorted 120 structure or other nearly coplanar magnetic structure whose basal spin plane includes the easy axis, which is mainly due to large magnetic anisotropy and decrease of quantum fluctuation. Moreover, when magnetic fields are applied perpendicular to the kagome plane, magnetization curves of them show distinct 1/3 and 2/3 magnetization plateaus, which are stabilized by Ising-like single ion anisotropy. In particular, the 2/3 magnetization plateaus are notable magnetic phenomena in kagome lattice antiferromagnets and are due to the combination of spin frustration, Ising-like single ion anisotropy, and the small monoclinic distortion of kagome lattices.

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  • Received 7 December 2016
  • Revised 1 April 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134436

©2017 American Physical Society

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  1. Physical Systems
Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Masato Goto1,*, Hiroaki Ueda1, Chishiro Michioka1, Akira Matsuo2, Koichi Kindo2, Kento Sugawara3, Shintaro Kobayashi3, Naoyuki Katayama3, Hiroshi Sawa3, and Kazuyoshi Yoshimura1,4,†

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
  • 2Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
  • 3Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
  • 4Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

  • *goto@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
  • kyhv@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Vol. 95, Iss. 13 — 1 April 2017

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