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CoCr $_2$ O $_4$中共线磁性和自旋螺旋磁性的临界尺寸极限

Critical size limits for collinear and spin spiral magnetism in CoCr$_2$O$_4$

Dominika Zákutná, Adam Alemayehu, Jan Vlček, Kirill Nemkovski, Christoph P. Grams, Daniel Nižňanský, Dirk Honecker, Sabrina Disch

摘要:

CoCr $_2$ O $_4$的多铁性是由于锥形自旋-螺旋磁有序的出现引起了电极化的强度。磁性基态具有复杂的尺寸依赖性行为,当达到临界颗粒尺寸时其崩溃。在这里,磁相稳定性的CoCr $_2$ O $_4$在3.6 - 14.0 nm的尺寸范围内的详细介绍了使用结合的中子衍射与XYZ极化分析和宏观磁化强度测量。我们建立了形成自旋螺旋和亚铁磁结构的临界相干畴尺寸,并揭示了无公度自旋螺旋矢量随颗粒尺寸的演化。我们进一步证实了纳米晶CoCr $_2$ O $_4$在自旋螺旋相中存在铁电极化。

英文摘要:

The multiferroic behavior of CoCr$_2$O$_4$ results from the appearance of conical spin-spiral magnetic ordering, which induces electric polarization. The magnetic ground state has a complex size dependent behavior, which collapses when reaching a critical particle size. Here, the magnetic phase stability of CoCr$_2$O$_4$ in the size range of 3.6 - 14.0 nm is presented in detail using the combination of neutron diffraction with XYZ polarization analysis and macroscopic magnetization measurements. We establish critical coherent domain sizes for the formation of the spin spiral and ferrimagnetic structure and reveal the evolution of the incommensurate spin spiral vector with particle size. We further confirm the presence of ferroelectric polarization in the spin spiral phase for nanocrystalline CoCr$_2$O$_4$.

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