Magnetostructural coupling in ilmenite-type NiTiO3

Stable magnetostructural coupling with tunable magnetoresponsive effects in hexagonal ferromagnets.

The magnetostructural coupling between the structural and the magnetic transition has a crucial role in magnetoresponsive effects in a martensitic-transition system. A combination of various magnetoresponsive effects based on this coupling may facilitate the multifunctional applications of a host material. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining a stable magnetostructural coupling over...

Mg4Sb2O9 of the ilmenite structure type

Single crystals of the title compound, tetra-magnesium dianti-monate(V), were obtained by the slow cooling method with K(2)CO(3). The structure is isotypic with ilmenite, which is constructed by the alternate stacking of layers consisting of metal-oxygen coordination octa-hedra. In each layer, the octa-hedra are connected by sharing edges so as to make holes. One of the two non-equivalent metal...

Magnetostructural transition in Gd5Sb0.5Ge3.5

Magnetic and crystallographic properties of Gd5Sb0.5Ge3.5 were investigated using dc magnetization, ac magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity of an oriented single crystal, combined with temperature and magnetic field dependent x-ray powder diffraction. The compound undergoes an unusual magnetostructural transition at 40 K and a nonmagnetic second-order transition around 63 K. The detailed ...

Unveiling the (De)coupling of magnetostructural transition nature in magnetocaloric R5Si2Ge2 (R5Tb, Gd) materials

Remanent Magnetisation in Hemo-Ilmenite

The natural remanent magnetisation of a crystal of South Norwegian hemoilmenite rock has been studied using neutron scattering to obtain knowledge on the sample’s origin-deposit’s contribution to magnetic anomalies of the Earth’s magnetic field. The sample consists of an ilmenite host (paramagnetic) with exsolution lamellae of hematite (canted antiferromagnetic), thereby having a large area of ...