Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Because of the competition between the spin-orbit coupling and the Jahn-Teller (JT) energies in Fe(II)Fe(III) bimetallic oxalates, we theoretically predict that an undistorted phase with C3 symmetry about each Fe site may be recovered at low temperatures. Both lower and upper JT transitions bracketing the ferrimagnetic transition temperature Tc are predicted for compounds that exhibit magnetic compensation. Comparisons with recent measurements and first-principles calculations provide strong evidence for the inverse JT transition below Tc.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Institution: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Language: English
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2154295360