Low temperature study of cobalt based pyroxene

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We propose to re-investigate the low temperature structure of the CaCoSi2O6 pyroxene and a possible structural response to the magnetic transition at 40 K. Our main study aims to understand the nature of an unusual plateau observed on the magnetization curve between 20 K and 40 K. Preliminary analysis points towards a possible, not reported earlier, spin crossover transition (SCO) of Co(II) between a high-spin S = 3/2 and a low-spin S = ½ states. A structural study with neutron powder diffraction did not reveal any decrease of the unit cell usually associated with the SCO effect. However, our low temperature IR spectroscopy and XAFS Co K study suggest weak distortion of the average crystal structure. We require a high resolution structural study to reveal weak symmetry breaking. Additionally, our neutron powder diffraction study in the magnetically ordered phase, revealed new peaks, which cannot be associated with the current model of the magnetic or nuclear structure.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15151/ESRF-ES-1120626143
Metadata Access https://icatplus.esrf.fr/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatplus.esrf.fr:inv/1120626143
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Creator Magdalena SZUBKA (ORCID: 0000-0002-4994-055X); MONIKA OBOZ ORCID logo; Pawel ZAJDEL ORCID logo; Andy FITCH
Publisher ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
Publication Year 2026
Rights CC-BY-4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Resource Type Data from large facility measurement; Collection
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields