A Ferrotoroidic Candidate with Well-Separated Spin Chains

Jun Zhang, Xiancheng Wang, Long Zhou, Guangxiu Liu, Devashibhai T. Adroja, Ivan da Silva, Franz Demmel, Dmitry Khalyavin, Jhuma Sannigrahi, Hari S. Nair, Lei Duan, Jianfa Zhao, Zheng Deng, Runze Yu, Xi Shen, Richeng Yu, Hui Zhao, Jimin Zhao, Youwen Long, Zhiwei HuHong Ji Lin, Ting Shan Chan, Chien Te Chen, Wei Wu, Changqing Jin

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Abstract

The search of novel quasi-1D materials is one of the important aspects in the field of material science. Toroidal moment, the order parameter of ferrotoroidic order, can be generated by a head-to-tail configuration of magnetic moment. It has been theoretically proposed that 1D dimerized and antiferromagnetic (AFM)-like spin chain hosts ferrotoroidicity and has the toroidal moment composed of only two antiparallel spins. Here, the authors report a ferrotoroidic candidate of Ba6Cr2S10 with such a theoretical model of spin chain. The structure consists of unique dimerized face-sharing CrS6 octahedral chains along the c axis. An AFM-like ordering at ≈10 K breaks both space- and time-reversal symmetries and the magnetic point group of mm′2′allows three ferroic orders in Ba6Cr2S10: (anti)ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, and ferrotoroidic orders. Their investigation reveals that Ba6Cr2S10 is a rare ferrotoroid ic candidate with quasi 1D spin chain, which can be considered as a starting point for the further exploration of the physics and applications of ferrotoroidicity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2106728
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume34
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Mar 2022

Keywords

  • ferrotoroidic order
  • magnetoelectric coupling
  • multiferroics
  • spin chain
  • toroidal moments

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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