Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1606080 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
X-ray analysis revealed that at temperature decreasing from room temperature to Tstr = 155 K the crystal unit cell GdFe3(BO3)4 is reduced only along the c axis (at 0.01 Ã
), while the a and b axes are unchanged within the error limits. The volume of the crystal decreases uniformly in the direction of all three axes at 155-80Â K. At 80-30Â K the crystal volume is decreased only by reduction of the parameters a and b, while the parameter c increases conversely. In the paramagnetic region Mössbauer spectra do not distinguish between the two structural positions of iron ions Fe1 and Fe2, appearing at TÂ <Â Tstr. Below the temperature of the magnetic phase transition at TNÂ =Â 38.0(1) K the Mössbauer data indicate quasi-one-dimensional magnetic ordering of iron moments in the sublattice Fe2 and a two-dimensional one in the iron sublattice Fe1. The dynamics of spin reorientation in sublattices Fe1 and Fe2 is studied in detail.
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Authors
K.V. Frolov, I.S. Lyubutin, E.S. Smirnova, O.A. Alekseeva, I.A. Verin, V.V. Artemov, S.A. Kharlamova, L.N. Bezmaternykh, I.A. Gudim,