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Brent C Melot1, Abby Goldman, Lucy E Darago
1Materials Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. bmelot@mrl.ucsb.edu
Abstract:
CoSeO(4) has a structure consisting of edge-sharing chains of Co(2+) octahedra which are held together by SeO(4)(2-) tetrahedra via shared oxygen atoms at the edges of the octahedra. DC magnetization measurements indicate a transition to an ordered state below 30 K. Powder neutron diffraction refinements suggest an ordered state with two unique antiferromagnetic chains within the unit cell. Isothermal magnetization measurements indicate a temperature-dependent field-induced magnetic transition below the ordering temperature. From neutron diffraction, we find that this corresponds to a realignment of spins from the canted configuration towards the c-axis. The dielectric constant shows a change in slope at the magnetic ordering temperature indicating an interplay between the spin and charge degrees of freedom.
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