Magnetodielectric Coupling in CoSeO$_4$

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Abstract

We investigate the magnetic phase diagram and magnetodielectric properties of CoSeO$_4$, a material which contains chains of edge-sharing octahedral Co(II) connected by tetrahedral SeO$_4$ units. Specific heat measurements in combination with powder neutron diffraction show a transition to long-range magnetic order below 30\,K. Fits to the high temperature susceptibility give a Curie-Weiss temperature of -35\,K, indicating the magnetic ground state has a dominant antiferromagnetic ordering. However, magnetization measurements in a field of 100 Oe also indicate the presence of weak ferromagnetism and a field-induced transition in fields larger than 30 kOe. The zero-field magnetic structure consists of Co moments aligning antiparallel to nearest neighbors down the length of the chains. We also present evidence of a linear magnetoelectric response in the ground state magnetic phase.

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Authors

  • Brent Melot

    Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-5050

  • Ram Seshadri

    Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-5050, Materials Dept, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Abby Goldman

    Physics Department, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075, Mount Holyoke College

  • Efrain E. Rodriguez

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Naitonal Institute of Standards and Tech.