Anisotropic Ru3+ 4d(5) magnetism in the alpha-RuCl3 honeycomb system: Susceptibility, specific heat, and zero-field NMR

作者:Majumder M*; Schmidt M; Rosner H; Tsirlin A A; Yasuoka H; Baenitz M
来源:Physical Review B, 2015, 91(18): 180401.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.180401

摘要

Hexagonal alpha-Ru trichloride single crystals exhibit a strong magnetic anisotropy and we show that upon applying fields up to 14 T in the honeycomb plane the successive magnetic order at T-1 = 14 K and T-2 = 8 K could be completely suppressed, whereas in the perpendicular direction the magnetic order is robust. Furthermore, the field dependence of chi(T) implies coexisting ferro- and antiferromagnetic exchange between in-plane components of Ru3+ spins, whereas for out-of-plane components a strong antiferromagnetic exchange becomes evident. Ru-101 zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance in the ordered state evidence a complex (probably noncoplanar chiral) long-range magnetic structure. The large orbital moment on Ru3+ is found in density-functional calculations.

  • 出版日期2015-5-7