Ferromagnetism in the Mott Insulator Ba2NaOsO6

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2007-01-01
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Erickson, A.S.
Misra, Sumohan
Miller, Gordon
Gupta, R.R.
Schlesinger, Z.
Harrison, W.A.
Kim, J.M.
Fisher, I.R.
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Results are presented of single crystal structural, thermodynamic, and reflectivity measurements of the double-perovskite Ba2NaOsO6. These characterize the material as a 5d1 ferromagnetic Mott insulator with an ordered moment of ∼0.2μB per formula unit and TC=6.8(3)  K. The magnetic entropy associated with this phase transition is close to Rln2, indicating that the quartet ground state anticipated from consideration of the crystal structure is split, consistent with a scenario in which the ferromagnetism is associated with orbital ordering.

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This article is from Physical Review Letters 99 (2007): 1, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.016404. Posted with permission.

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