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Magnetometric Characterization of Intermediates in the Solid-State Electrochemistry of Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: June 9, 2023
Incommensurate spin-density modulation in a copper oxide chain compound with commensurate charge order
M Raichle1, M Reehuis, G André
1Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Abstract:
Neutron diffraction has been used to determine the magnetic structure of Na8Cu5O10, a stoichiometric compound containing chains based on edge-sharing CuO4 plaquettes. The chains are doped with 2/5 hole per Cu site and exhibit long-range commensurate charge order with an onset well above room temperature. Below TN=23 K, the neutron data indicate long-range collinear magnetic order with a spin-density modulation whose propagation vector is commensurate along, and incommensurate perpendicular to, the chains. Competing interchain exchange interactions are discussed as a possible origin of the incommensurate magnetic order.
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