Comparative study of the magnetism in Mn3RhGe and related compound Mn3IrSi

Amelia E. Hall, Pascal Manuel, Dmitry D. Khalyavin, Fabio Orlandi, Daniel A. Mayoh, Lieh Jeng Chang, Yu Sheng Chen, David G.C. Jonas, Martin R. Lees, Geetha Balakrishnan

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Abstract

The Mn3XY (X = Co, Rh, Ir and Y = Si, Ge) family of materials adopts an ordered form of the chiral β-Mn structure lacking inversion symmetry. Polycrystalline samples of Mn3IrSi and a new member in this family, Mn3RhGe, have been synthesized and investigated with heat capacity, magnetic susceptibility, and neutron powder diffraction measurements. Mn3RhGe and Mn3IrSi exhibit long-range magnetic order below 225(2) and 230(2) K, respectively. The neutron diffraction data reveal a high-temperature incommensurate magnetic structure in Mn3RhGe, which transitions into a noncollinear commensurate antiferromagnetic ground state upon cooling via a phase coexistence in a wide temperature range. The presence of the incommensurate magnetic order reveals a significant role of exchange interactions beyond nearest and next-nearest neighbors. Mn3IrSi shares the noncollinear commensurate magnetic structure for all temperatures and shows no evidence of incommensurate magnetism.

Original languageEnglish
Article number114402
JournalPhysical Review Materials
Volume7
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 Nov

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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