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    Sanjeewa, Liurukara D; Garlea, Vasile O; McGuire, Michael A; Frontzek, Matthias; McMillen, Colin D; Fulle, Kyle; Kolis, Joseph W

    Inorganic chemistry, 12/2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 24
    Journal Article

    The structural and magnetic properties of a glaserite-type Na2BaFe­(VO4)2 compound, featuring a triangular magnetic lattice of Fe2+ (S = 2), are reported. Temperature dependent X-ray single crystal studies indicate that at room temperature the system adopts a trigonal P3̅m1 structure and undergoes a structural phase transition to a C2/c monoclinic phase slightly below room temperature (T s = 288 K). This structural transition involves a tilting of Fe–O–V bond angles and strongly influences the magnetic correlation within the Fe triangular lattice. The magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal a ferromagnetic transition near 7 K. Single crystal neutron diffraction confirms the structural distortion and the ferromagnetic spin ordering in Na2BaFe­(VO4)2. The magnetic structure of the ordered state is modeled in the magnetic space group C2′/c′ that implies a ferromagnetic order of the a and c moment components and antiferromagnetic arrangement for the b components. Overall, the Fe magnetic moments form ferromagnetic layers that are stacked along the c-axis, where the spins point along one of the (111) facets of the FeO6 octahedron.