Magnetic structure and dynamics of a strongly one-dimensional cobalt II metal-organic framework

Sibille, R.;Lhotel, E.;Mazet, T.;Malaman, B.;François, M.;et.al.
(2014) Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics — Vol. 89, n° 10, p. 104413 (2014)

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  • Sibille, R.Université de Lorraine (France)
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  • Lhotel, E.Université de Grenoble (france)
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  • Mazet, T.Université de Lorraine (France)
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  • Malaman, B.Université de Lorraine (France)
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  • Ban, VoraksmyUCLouvain
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  • François, M.Université de Lorraine (France)
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Abstract
We investigate the magnetism of the CoII4(OH)2(C10H16O4)3 metal-organic framework, which displays complex inorganic chains separated from each other by distances of 1 to 2 nm and orders at 5.4 K. The zero-field magnetic structure is determined using neutron powder diffraction: it is mainly antiferromagnetic but possesses a ferromagnetic component along the c axis. This magnetic structure persists in presence of a magnetic field. Alternating current susceptibility measurements confirm the existence of a single thermally activated regime over seven decades in frequency (E/kB≈64 K), whereas time-dependent relaxation of the magnetization after saturation in an external field leads to a two times smaller energy barrier. These experiments probe the slow dynamics of domain walls within the chains: we propose that the ac measurements are sensitive to the motion of existing domain walls within the chains, while the magnetization measurements are governed by the creation of domain walls. © 2014 American Physical Society.
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Sibille, R., Lhotel, E., Mazet, T., Malaman, B., Ritter, C., Ban, V., & François, M. (2014). Magnetic structure and dynamics of a strongly one-dimensional cobalt II metal-organic framework. Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, 89(10), 104413. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.104413 (Original work published 2014)