Multiferroic Properties of Cu3(Mo,W)2O9

We report the substitution effects of W6+ ions on multiferroic material Cu3Mo2O9 having a dis- torted tetrahedral quasi-one-dimensional spin structure. In Cu3Mo2O9, the weak ferromagnetic component of the spin moments and the ferroelectricity coexist below TN = 7.9K. In case of Cu3(Mo,W)2O9, the nonmagnetic Mo6+ ions are replaced with the nonmagnetic W6+ ions. We study the specific heat, magnetization, and dielectric constants, and show the magnetic-field- temperature phase diagrams in the single crystals with various W concentrations. We compare the phase diagram of Cu3(Mo,W)2O9 to that of (Cu,Zn)3Mo2O9 and discuss the similarity and the difference between the direct and the indirect substitution effects. The efficiency of the W substitution is much weaker than that of the Zn substitution.