Published August 1, 2002 | Version v1
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Magnetic order of LiMnBO3: A new type of chiral magnetic ground state

  • 1. School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Beijing Center of Crystal Research and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 (China)

Description

β-LiMnBO3 crystallizes in a hexagonal lattice and is built up of MnO5 chains linked by BO3 groups. Magnetic susceptibility shows a broad maximum at 47 K, above which the behavior is typical for a one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet with J=5.4 K. Magnetic neutron diffraction reveals a much lower ordering temperature (28.5 K) to give a novel chiral ground state with a magnetic unit cell of √(3)aN, 2cN consisting of a mixture of one ferromagnetic Mn3 triangle and two normal 120 deg. antiferromagnetic Mn3 triangles

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052405-052405.4
ISSN
1098-0121

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society