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Cintli Aguilar-Maldonado1, Eugenia P Arévalo-López2, Clemens Ritter3
1Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181, UCCS, Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France.
Abstract:
Mn11Ta4O21 is presented as the first hexagonal A-site manganite. Based on simple rules, the structure is compatible with a 14H-layer (cchchch)2 stacking sequence that is related to BaVO3 and BaCrO3 high-pressure polymorphs. The A-site overstoichiometry is explained through difference in ionic radii sizes between Ba and Mn. Magnetic properties show two transitions at TN1 = 88 K and TN2 = 56 K. Neutron powder diffraction evidence two magnetic structures with purely antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic orders below TN1 and TN2, respectively. A complementary description with 14H-(hhccccc)2 sequence of only Mn octahedra provides a direct comparison with BaMnO3-δ hexagonal perovskites and naturally explains the AFM order. Below TN2 a magneto-elastic coupling along with uniaxial negative thermal expansion are observed.
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