Phase diagram of CuCrO2 in a magnetic field
Phase diagram of CuCrO2 in a magnetic field
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DOI:
10.1088/0953-8984/23/36/366002
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发表时间:
2011-08
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R. Fishman
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R. Fishman
A simplified model is used to construct the magnetic phase diagram of CuCrO2 as a function of magnetic field and easy-axis anisotropy. Neglecting the weak interactions between hexagonal layers, CuCrO2 is predicted to undergo transitions between three different 3-sublattice (SL) phases with increasing field: from a chiral, non-collinear phase that exhibits multiferroic behavior, to a collinear phase, to a non-chiral, non-collinear phase. The phase diagram also contains 1-SL, 4-SL, and 5-SL collinear phases, some of which may be accessible in the nonstoichiometric compound CuCrO2+δ.