Structural, orbital and magnetic orders in the alpha- and beta-phases of S = ½ KTi(C2O4)2·2H2O - a neutron diffraction study

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The study of quantum spin systems is at the forefront of condensed matter research due to the fascinating behaviour they can display. An interesting source for quantum S = 1/2 moments in magnetic materials is the 3d1 Ti3+ ion. The magnetic response of Ti3+-based materials strongly depends on various competing energy scales of crystal field states, spin-orbit coupling and magnetic exchange. Often, this competition can give rise to exotic magnetic ground states. Here, we propose to perform a high-resolution structural study of two polymorphs of KTi(C2O4)2·2H2O, which contain two different magnetic sublattices of Ti3+ S = 1/2 moments, each with different point symmetries at the Ti3+ ion sites. The determined structures will form a crucial foundation for our understanding of the crystal fields in each of the phases, and hence the origin of their markedly different magnetic behaviour.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.90681736
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/90681736
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Creator Professor Phil Lightfoot; Dr Duc Le; Dr Alexandra Gibbs; Miss Katherine Tustain; Dr Lucy Clark; Mr Teng Li; Dr Gøran Nilsen; Miss Jennifer Graham; Mr Lewis Farrar; Mr Richard Lyons
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-06-25T07:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-06-27T08:20:51Z