Published October 1, 2006 | Version v1
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Pressure-induced long-range magnetic ordering in cobalt oxide

  • 1. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015 (United States)
  • 2. HPCAT, Advanced Photon Source, Building 434E, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  • 3. Experimental Facilities Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  • 4. LANSCE, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  • 5. Institut fuer Mineralogie, Abt. Kristallographie Universitaet Frankfurt Senckenberganlage, 30 D-60054 Frankfurt (Germany)

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A long-range magnetic ordering transition in cobalt oxide (CoO) was observed around 2.2 GPa at room temperature using neutron diffraction. The magnetic structure was type-II antiferromagnetic. High-resolution synchrotron x-ray diffraction showed no evidence of a tetragonal lattice distortion in CoO in the magnetically ordered phase. This result indicates that the tetragonal lattice distortion occurring with magnetic ordering in the low-temperature structure of CoO could be associated with cooperative Jahn-Teller effects (orbital ordering), which, however, are decoupled from magnetic ordering under high pressure

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 144101-144101.4
ISSN
1098-0121

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