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Magnetometric Characterization of Intermediates in the Solid-State Electrochemistry of Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: June 9, 2023
Magnetoelectric and multiferroic properties of ternary copper chalcogenides Cu(2)M(II)M(IV)S(4)
1Solid State Chemistry Laboratory, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborg 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands. CEA-Grenoble INAC/SPSMS/MDN, 17 rue des martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Abstract:
We investigate theoretically the ternary copper chalcogenides with the general formula Cu(2)M(II)M(IV)S(4). This family of compounds can crystallize in two different non-centrosymmetric structures, [Formula: see text] or Pnm 2(1). We show that all the reported members of Cu(2)M(II)M(IV)S(4) having the Pnm 2(1) symmetry exhibit a large spontaneous polarization. This result suggests that several of these materials are likely to be multiferroics since they order magnetically at low temperature. We discuss in detail in the framework of Landau theory the members Cu(2)MnSnS(4) and Cu(2)MnGeS(4) which should present both a linear magnetoelectric effect and multiferroic behavior.
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