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Author Spotlight: Magnetometric Characterization of Intermediates in the Solid-State Electrochemistry of Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: June 9, 2023
Interplanar magnetic exchange in CoPS3
Andrew Wildes1, Björn Fåk2, Ursula Bengaard Bengaard Hansen1
1Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, Cedex 9, Grenoble, 38042, FRANCE.
Abstract:
Neutron three-axis spectrometry has been used to determine the interplanar magnetic exchange parameter in the magnetic van der Waals compound CoPS3. The exchange is found to be small and antiferromagnetic, estimated to be0.020±0.001meV, which is surprising considering that the magnetic structure is correlated ferromagnetically between theabplanes. A possible explanation, involving a small anisotropy in the exchanges, is proposed. The results are discussed with reference to the other members of the transition metal-PS3compounds.
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