Influence of the Cr5+ ion on the magnetic properties of YbCrO4 oxide

Enrique Jimenez-Melero, P. Bonville, J Hodges, P.C.M. Gubbens, J. Isasi, R. Sáez-Puche

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Abstract

The magnetic properties of the YbCrCO4 oxide have been studied by both bulk magnetic measurements and 170Yb Mössbauer spectroscopy. Ferrimagnetic ordering is shown to be present below 25 K, driven by the exchange within the chromium sublattice. In the saturation state, the magnetic moment is 0.55 μB for Yb3+, and presumably 1 μB for Cr5+, the two sublattices being antiferromagnetically coupled. The anisotropic Yb-Cr exchange polarises the Yb3+ sublattice below 25 K, so as to force the Yb magnetic moments to lie in the hard magnetic a-b plane.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)571-573
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume272-276
Issue numberI
Early online date9 Jan 2004
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2004

Keywords

  • Magnetic ordering
  • Mössbauer spectroscopy
  • YbCrO
  • Zircon-type structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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