TY - JOUR
T1 - Stripelike magnetism in a mixed-valence insulating state of the Fe-based ladder compound CsFe 2Se 3
AU - Du, Fei
AU - Ohgushi, Kenya
AU - Nambu, Yusuke
AU - Kawakami, Takateru
AU - Avdeev, Maxim
AU - Hirata, Yasuyuki
AU - Watanabe, Yoshitaka
AU - Sato, Taku J.
AU - Ueda, Yutaka
PY - 2012/6/28
Y1 - 2012/6/28
N2 - Structural and electronic properties of the Fe-based spin-ladder compound CsFe 2Se 3 was investigated by means of resistivity, susceptibility, specific heat, Mössbauer, and neutron diffraction measurements. Despite the single-site nature in a mixed-valence state, the ground state is a magnetic insulator characterized by a charge gap ∼0.34 eV and an antiferromagnetic transition temperature 175 K. The magnetic structure was stripelike, with magnetic moments of 1.77(6)μ B coupled ferromagnetically (antiferromagnetically) along the rung (leg) direction. Both the insulating behavior and stripelike ordering can be understood by assuming extra carriers delocalized on the rung. Our findings reveal that CsFe 2Se 3 is an appealing compound with the stripelike magnetic structure in an insulating state among Fe-based compounds, and provide significant supplemental insight into the magnetism of Fe-based superconductors.
AB - Structural and electronic properties of the Fe-based spin-ladder compound CsFe 2Se 3 was investigated by means of resistivity, susceptibility, specific heat, Mössbauer, and neutron diffraction measurements. Despite the single-site nature in a mixed-valence state, the ground state is a magnetic insulator characterized by a charge gap ∼0.34 eV and an antiferromagnetic transition temperature 175 K. The magnetic structure was stripelike, with magnetic moments of 1.77(6)μ B coupled ferromagnetically (antiferromagnetically) along the rung (leg) direction. Both the insulating behavior and stripelike ordering can be understood by assuming extra carriers delocalized on the rung. Our findings reveal that CsFe 2Se 3 is an appealing compound with the stripelike magnetic structure in an insulating state among Fe-based compounds, and provide significant supplemental insight into the magnetism of Fe-based superconductors.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.214436
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.214436
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863336851
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 0163-1829
IS - 21
M1 - 214436
ER -