Erratum: Long-range magnetic interaction and frustration in double perovskites Sr2NiIrO6 and Sr2ZnIrO6
Year: 2015
Type: erratum
Abstract: One often counts the nearest neighbouring (NN) exchange interactions for understanding of a magnetic insulator. Here we present first-principles calculations for the newly synthesized double perovskites Sr2NiIrO6 and Sr2ZnIrO6, and we find that the 2NN Ir-Ir antiferromagnetic coupling is even stronger than the 1NN Ni-Ir ferromagnetic one. Thus, the leading antiferromagnetic interactions in the fcc Ir sublattice give rise to a magnetic frustration. Sr2NiIrO6 and Sr2ZnIrO6 hence appear very similarly as a distorted low-temperature antiferromagnet (probably, of type III). This work highlights the long-range magnetic interactions of the delocalized 5d electrons, and it also addresses why the spin-orbit coupling is ineffective here.
Source: Scientific Reports
DOI: 10.1038/srep08798
Authors: Xuedong Ou, Zhengwei Li, Fengren Fan, Hongbo Wang, Hua Wu
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,690
OpenAlex ID: W4248009215