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TT 70: Correlated Electrons: Spin Systems and Itinerant Magnets – Chiral Magnets (jointly with MA)
TT 70.5: Vortrag
Mittwoch, 18. März 2015, 19:00–19:15, H 3005
BaMn9[VO4]6(OH)2, a novel candidate for the observation of a Skyrmion lattice — •Angela Möller1, Kewen Sun1, Vladimir Gnezdilov2,3, and Peter Lemmens3 — 1Department of Chemistry and TcSUH, University of Houston, United States — 2ILTPE NAS, Kharkov, Ukraine — 3IPKM, TU-BS, Braunschweig, Germany
The search for topologically stable vortex-like objects (Skyrmions) in insulating chiral magnets lead to their discovery in Cu2OSeO3 [1]. We will show that the combination of certain structural features, such as chirality and frustration might expedite the finding of new candidates of this rare class. A chiral paddle-wheel type of structure featuring geometric frustration has been reported for the metrically cubic title compound with ferrimagnetic, Tc=18 K, and dielectric anomalies [2]. Interestingly, Raman scattering shows magnetoelastic coupling of several phonons but no spontaneous symmetry reduction. This is considered a prerequisite for the existence of a Skyrmion lattice.
This work was supported by the NSF (DMR-1149899) and RTG-DFG 1953/1.
[1] Seki et al., Science 336, 198 (2012);
T. Adams et al., PRL 108, 237204 (2012).
[2] K. Sun et al., Inorg. Chem. dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic502266k.