Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2006-03-10
Phys. Rev. B 74 (2006) 024413(1-6).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
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Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024413
We have investigated the structural, magnetic, thermodynamic, and dielectric properties of polycrystalline CoCr$_2$O$_4$, an insulating spinel exhibiting both ferrimagnetic and spiral magnetic structures. Below $T_c$ = 94 K the sample develops long-range ferrimagnetic order, and we attribute a sharp phase transition at $T_N$ $\approx$ 25 K with the onset of long-range spiral magnetic order. Neutron measurements confirm that while the structure remains cubic at 80 K and at 11 K; there is complex magnetic ordering by 11 K. Density functional theory supports the view of a ferrimagnetic semiconductor with magnetic interactions consistent with non-collinear ordering. Capacitance measurements on CoCr$_2$O$_4$, show a sharp decrease in the dielectric constant at $T_N$, but also an anomaly showing thermal hysteresis falling between approximately $T$ = 50 K and $T$ = 57 K. We tentatively attribute the appearance of this higher temperature dielectric anomaly to the development of \textit{short-range} spiral magnetic order, and discuss these results in the context of utilizing dielectric spectroscopy to investigate non-collinear short-range magnetic structures.
Ederer Claude
Hayward Michael A.
Lawes Gavin
Melot B.
Page Katharine
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