Evolution of the Magnetic Structure of Hexagonal HoMnO3 from Neutron Powder Diffraction Data
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Abstract
Hexagonal, nonperovskite HoMnO3 oxide, containing a triangular arrangement of Mn3+ cations, has been prepared in polycrystalline form by the thermal decomposition of metal citrates. The crystal structure has been refined from neutron powder diffraction data. Magnetic and specific-heat measurements anticipate a complex phase diagram: HoMnO3 becomes magnetically ordered at TN ≈ 72 K, and another two magnetic transitions take place at lower temperatures. Neutron powder diffraction measurements demonstrate that, below the ordering temperature, the moments of the Mn3+ cations adopt a triangular spin arrangement, the magnetic moments lying in the basal plane and parallel to the [100] axis. At T = 44.6 K, the moments suddenly reorientate within the basal plane and become aligned perpendicularly to the initial direction. Below T = 25.4 K, an ordered magnetic moment is observed on the Ho atoms at the 4b sites of the crystal structure, whereas those of the 4a site remain in a paramagnetic state. The Ho atoms adopt an antiferromagnetic structure with the moments parallel to the c axis. At 1.7 K, the ordered moment on the Mn3+ cations is 3.05(2) μB, and that on the Ho3+ cations is 2.97(3) MB.
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