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Matt Boswell1, Mingyu Xu1, Haozhe Wang1
1Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.
Abstract:
The discovery of new magnetic ground states in geometrically frustrated lattices remains a central challenge in materials science. Here, we report the synthesis, structural characterization, and frustrated magnetic properties of FeGe3O4, a newly identified compound that crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric cubic space group P213. In this structure, Fe atoms form an intricate double-trillium lattice with nearest-neighbor Fe-Fe distances of ∼4.2 Å, while Ge2+ ions mediate magnetic interactions through Fe-Ge-Fe pathways. Field-dependent magnetization at 2 K shows a pronounced nonlinearity, reaching a maximum moment of 2.55(3) μB/Fe2+ at 70 kOe without evidence of saturation. Magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, and neutron scattering collectively reveal the onset of short-range magnetic interactions near 5 K, with no long-range ordering detected down to 0.06 K. Specific heat measurements demonstrate strong frustration: only ∼34% of the expected magnetic entropy is recovered at 2.4 K. Taken together, these results establish FeGe3O4 as a rare example of a geometrically frustrated trillium lattice magnet, offering a promising platform for exploring exotic quantum magnetic phenomena.
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