Single crystal magnetic structure and susceptibility of CoSe2O5

The structure of CoSe2O5 consists of one-dimensional ribbons of edge-sharing CoO6 octahedra bound together by polyanionic subunits of Se2O5. Previous work on polycrystalline samples reported a canted antiferromagnetic arrangement of the magnetic moments below the ordering temperature of 8.5 K. Here, we report a single crystal investigation using variable temperature and field magnetic susceptibility and low-temperature neutron diffraction to more precisely characterize the nature of the magnetic ground state of CoSe2O5. Contrary to previous reports, we find that the single crystal magnetic structure shows no canting of the antiferromagnetic ground state, and in the process have identified several field-induced changes to the magnetization. We discuss these results in the context of the revised magnetic structure and highlight the importance of crystal growth for the accurate characterization of these properties.

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