Title
Spin-phonon coupling in uniaxial anisotropic spin-glass based on Fe<inf>2</inf>TiO<inf>5</inf> pseudobrookite
Date Issued
30 August 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rodrigues J.E.F.S.
Rosa W.S.
Ferrer M.M.
Cunha T.R.
Sambrano J.R.
Martínez J.L.
Pizani P.S.
Alonso J.A.
Hernandes A.C.
Gonçalves R.V.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The ferric pseudobrookite is a rare example of uniaxial anisotropic spin-glass insulator, depicting a multiglass behavior and magnetoelectric coupling. Here, we present Raman spectroscopy results in order to elucidate the spin-phonon coupling in Fe2TiO5 for the first time. The experimental data are supported by computational simulations performed in view of density functional theory, which allowed us to assign the main Raman-active modes. Temperature-dependent phonon behavior exhibited anomalous evolution around 55 and 80–200 K, which was explained as successive coupling between lattice and spin configuration arising from spin freezing and short-range magnetic correlation, respectively. Arguments that the magnetoelectric effect in Fe2TiO5 is mediated by spin-phonon coupling are presented.
Start page
563
End page
572
Volume
799
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química orgánica
Mecánica aplicada
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85066863879
Source
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
ISSN of the container
09258388
Sponsor(s)
We thank the Brazilian agencies FAPESP (Proc. Numbers: 2013/07793-6, 2013/07296-2, and 2017/18716-3), CNPq (Proc. Number: 150936/2017-6), CAPES (Proc. Number: 88881.171031/2018-01 and 88887.166861/2018-00), and FAPEMIG for the financial support and the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Campinas SP, Brazil) for X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements (Proposal Number: 20170832). JAA and JLM thank Spanish MINECO for funding the Project MAT2017-84496-R.
We thank the Brazilian agencies FAPESP (Proc. Numbers: 2013/07793-6 , 2013/07296-2 , and 2017/18716-3 ), CNPq (Proc. Number: 150936/2017-6 ), CAPES (Proc. Number: 88881.171031/2018-01 and 88887.166861/2018-00 ), and FAPEMIG for the financial support and the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Campinas SP, Brazil) for X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements (Proposal Number: 20170832 ). JAA and JLM thank Spanish MINECO for funding the Project MAT2017-84496-R .
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