Neutron Diffraction Study of the Effect of Changes in the Crystal Structure of A2MnTeO6 (A = Ag, Tl) on the Spin Configuration.

Autor: Susloparova, A. E., Kurbakov, A. I.
Zdroj: Physics of Metals & Metallography; Jul2022, Vol. 123 Issue 7, p662-667, 6p
Abstrakt: The neutron diffraction studies of powder samples from the family of A2MnTeO6 tellurates (А = Ag, Tl) were performed at room and low temperatures. The specific features of their crystal structure were investigated, and the partial substitution of Mn and Te atoms was revealed. The spin structure of Ag2MnTeO6 was determined in an ordered state at Т = 1.6 K by symmetry and full-profile analysis. It represented a non-collinear 120° triangular structure in the ab plane and a spin helicoid along the c-axis with the propagation vector k = (1/3 1/3 1/3). The neutron diffraction measurements of Tl2MnTeO6 did not reveal any additional reflections associated with the organization of long-range magnetic order up to Т = 1.6 K. The studied compounds were compared with the powders belonging to the same family and the earlier published results, which served to reveal a similarity between their crystal and magnetic structures and Na2MnTeO6 and a radically different type of their magnetic ordering as compared to Li2MnTeO6. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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