Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: BaFe2S3 and BaFe2Se3 are the only two quasi-one-dimensional iron-based compounds that become superconductors under pressure. Interestingly, these two compounds exhibit different symmetries and properties. While more detailed and recent studies on BaFe2Se3 using single crystals have advanced the field towards a more universal description of this family, such a study is still lacking for the compound BaFe2S3. Here, we present a detailed study of the crystalline and magnetic structures performed on single crystals using X-ray and neutron diffraction. We demonstrate a polar structure at room temperature within the Cm2m space group, followed by a structural transition at TS = 130 K to the polar Pb21m space group. This space group remains unchanged across the magnetic transition at TN = 95 K, revealing multiferroic characteristics with a weak magnetoelastic coupling. The determined magnetic structure is monoclinic (Pam), with non-collinear Fe magnetic moments, tilted from the rung axis. This reexamination of the temperature-dependent properties of BaFe2S3 provides new insights into the physics of this system from multiple key perspectives.
Source: Frontiers of Physics
Authors: Y. Oubaid, V. Balédent, O. Fabelo, L. Bocher, C. V. Colin, S. Chattopadhyay, E. Elkaim, M. Verseils, A. Forget, D. Colson, D. Bounoua, P. Fertey, P. Foury-Leylekian
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de physique des Solides, Synchrotron SOLEIL, Institut Universitaire de France, Institut Laue-Langevin, Institut Néel, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, CEA Paris-Saclay
Language: English
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
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