Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2012-02-14
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 81, 033707 (2012)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
Scientific paper
We study polycrystalline samples of KCu3As2O7(OH)3, a new candidate spin-1/2 kagome antiferromagnet, by magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements above 2 K. The unique arrangement of the 3z2 - r2 and x2 - y2 orbitals on the Cu2+ kagome net is noted and compared to the orbital patterns found in other kagome minerals. It is suggested that this orbital arrangement gives rise to one antiferromagnetic and two ferromagnetic interactions on isosceles triangles forming a highly distorted kagome lattice. KCu3As2O7(OH)3 is found to show an antiferromagnetic long-range order at T_N = 7.2 K. Remarkably, a spin entropy is more gradually released upon cooling below T_N compared with a conventional magnetic long-range order, which may originate from the geometrical frustration still present in this highly distorted kagome lattice.
Hiroi Zenji
Ishikawa Hajime
Nilsen Goeran J.
Okamoto Yoshihiko
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