Pughe Charlotte, Mustonen Otto H J, Gibbs Alexandra S, Etter Martin, Liu Cheng, Dutton Siân E, Friskney Aidan, Hyatt Neil C, Stenning Gavin B G, Mutch Heather M, Coomer Fiona C, Cussen Edmund J
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom.
School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
Inorg Chem. 2022 Mar 7;61(9):4033-4045. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03655. Epub 2022 Feb 20.
Isovalent nonmagnetic d and d B″ cations have proven to be a powerful tool for tuning the magnetic interactions between magnetic B' cations in AB'B″O double perovskites. Tuning is facilitated by the changes in orbital hybridization that favor different superexchange pathways. This can produce alternative magnetic structures when B″ is d or d. Furthermore, the competition generated by introducing mixtures of d and d cations can drive the material into the realms of exotic quantum magnetism. Here, Te d was substituted by W d in the hexagonal perovskite BaCuTeO, which possesses a spin ladder geometry of Cu cations, creating a BaCuTeWO solid solution ( = 0-0.3). We find W is almost exclusively substituted for Te on the corner-sharing site within the spin ladder, in preference to the face-sharing site between ladders. The site-selective doping directly tunes the intraladder, and , interactions. Modeling the magnetic susceptibility data shows the d orbitals modify the relative intraladder interaction strength (/) so the system changes from a spin ladder to isolated spin chains as W increases. This further demonstrates the utility of d and d dopants as a tool for tuning magnetic interactions in a wide range of perovskites and perovskite-derived structures.
等价非磁性d和d B″阳离子已被证明是调节AB'B″O双钙钛矿中磁性B'阳离子之间磁相互作用的有力工具。有利于不同超交换途径的轨道杂化变化促进了这种调节。当B″为d或d时,这会产生交替的磁性结构。此外,引入d和d阳离子混合物所产生的竞争可将材料带入奇异量子磁性领域。在此,在具有Cu阳离子自旋梯形几何结构的六方钙钛矿BaCuTeO中,Te d被W d取代,形成了BaCuTeWO固溶体(x = 0 - 0.3)。我们发现,W几乎完全优先取代自旋梯形结构中角共享位点上的Te,而不是梯形结构之间面共享位点上的Te。这种位点选择性掺杂直接调节了梯形结构内的、和相互作用。对磁化率数据进行建模表明,d轨道改变了梯形结构内相对相互作用强度(/),因此随着W含量增加,系统从自旋梯形结构转变为孤立的自旋链。这进一步证明了d和d掺杂剂作为调节各种钙钛矿及其衍生结构中磁相互作用工具的实用性。