Disordered ground state in the three-dimensional face-centred frustrated spin-$\frac{5}{2}$ system MnSn(OH)$_\text{6}$

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Auteurs principaux: Parui, Kaushick K., Kulbakov, Anton A., Häußler, Ellen, Pavlovskii, Nikolai S., Chakkingal, Aswathi Mannathanath, Avdeev, Maxim, Gumeniuk, Roman, Granovsky, Sergey, Mistonov, Alexander, Zvyagin, Sergei A., Doert, Thomas, Inosov, Dmytro S., Peets, Darren C.
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author Parui, Kaushick K.
Kulbakov, Anton A.
Häußler, Ellen
Pavlovskii, Nikolai S.
Chakkingal, Aswathi Mannathanath
Avdeev, Maxim
Gumeniuk, Roman
Granovsky, Sergey
Mistonov, Alexander
Zvyagin, Sergei A.
Doert, Thomas
Inosov, Dmytro S.
Peets, Darren C.
author_facet Parui, Kaushick K.
Kulbakov, Anton A.
Häußler, Ellen
Pavlovskii, Nikolai S.
Chakkingal, Aswathi Mannathanath
Avdeev, Maxim
Gumeniuk, Roman
Granovsky, Sergey
Mistonov, Alexander
Zvyagin, Sergei A.
Doert, Thomas
Inosov, Dmytro S.
Peets, Darren C.
contents Frustrated magnetism in face-centred cubic (fcc) magnetic sublattices remains underexplored but holds considerable potential for exotic magnetic behaviour. Here we report on the crystal structure, magnetic and thermodynamic properties of the $A$-site-vacant double hydroxide perovskite MnSn(OH)$_6$. Despite dominant antiferromagnetic interactions among Mn$^{2+}$ moments, evidenced by a negative Curie-Weiss temperature, the lack of a sharp thermodynamic transition down to 350$\,$mK implies the absence of long-range magnetic order. However, a broad hump in the specific heat at 1.6$\,$K suggests short-range correlations. Neutron diffraction at low temperatures confirms the presence of three-dimensional antiferromagnetic correlations, manifested as diffuse magnetic scattering with a correlation length $ξ= 24.66\,$Å and magnetic propagation vectors $\mathbf{k}=(\frac{1}{2}\,\frac{1}{2}\,\frac{1}{2})$ and $(0\,0.625\,0)$ at 20$\,$mK.
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spellingShingle Disordered ground state in the three-dimensional face-centred frustrated spin-$\frac{5}{2}$ system MnSn(OH)$_\text{6}$
Parui, Kaushick K.
Kulbakov, Anton A.
Häußler, Ellen
Pavlovskii, Nikolai S.
Chakkingal, Aswathi Mannathanath
Avdeev, Maxim
Gumeniuk, Roman
Granovsky, Sergey
Mistonov, Alexander
Zvyagin, Sergei A.
Doert, Thomas
Inosov, Dmytro S.
Peets, Darren C.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Frustrated magnetism in face-centred cubic (fcc) magnetic sublattices remains underexplored but holds considerable potential for exotic magnetic behaviour. Here we report on the crystal structure, magnetic and thermodynamic properties of the $A$-site-vacant double hydroxide perovskite MnSn(OH)$_6$. Despite dominant antiferromagnetic interactions among Mn$^{2+}$ moments, evidenced by a negative Curie-Weiss temperature, the lack of a sharp thermodynamic transition down to 350$\,$mK implies the absence of long-range magnetic order. However, a broad hump in the specific heat at 1.6$\,$K suggests short-range correlations. Neutron diffraction at low temperatures confirms the presence of three-dimensional antiferromagnetic correlations, manifested as diffuse magnetic scattering with a correlation length $ξ= 24.66\,$Å and magnetic propagation vectors $\mathbf{k}=(\frac{1}{2}\,\frac{1}{2}\,\frac{1}{2})$ and $(0\,0.625\,0)$ at 20$\,$mK.
title Disordered ground state in the three-dimensional face-centred frustrated spin-$\frac{5}{2}$ system MnSn(OH)$_\text{6}$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12433