Spin Reorientation in Antiferromagnetic Layered FePt5P
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-24-2021
Abstract
FePt5P, a substitutional variant of the anti-CeCoIn5 structure type in the space group P4/mmm, was synthesized by a high-temperature solid-state method and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction. FePt5P contains layers of FePt12 clusters formed by magnetically active Fe and heavy Pt with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC); the layers are separated by P atoms. The various Fe-Pt distances in FePt12 clusters generate complex magnetic orders in FePt5P. According to temperature-dependent magnetic and specific heat measurements, FePt5P shows a stripe-type antiferromagnetic order at TN ≈ 90 K, which is also confirmed by resistivity measurements. Moreover, a spin reorientation occurs at ∼74 and ∼68 K in and out of the ab plane based on the specific heat measurements. The temperature-dependent neutron powder diffraction patterns demonstrate the antiferromagnetic order in FePt5P, and the spins orientate up to 58.4° with respect to the c axis at 10 K. First-principles calculations of FePt5P show the band splitting at the Fermi level by strong SOC and the s-d hybridization between P and Fe/Pt electrons enhances the structural stability and affects the magnetic ordering.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
ACS Applied Electronic Materials
First Page
3501
Last Page
3508
Recommended Citation
Gui, X., Marshall, M., Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage, R., Klein, R., Chen, Q., Zhang, Q., Shelton, W., Zhou, H., Brown, C., Cao, H., Greenblatt, M., & Xie, W. (2021). Spin Reorientation in Antiferromagnetic Layered FePt5P. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3 (8), 3501-3508. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.1c00459