Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-5-2007
Abstract
NaV2O4 crystals were grown under high pressure using a NaCl flux, and the crystals were characterized with x-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity, heat capacity, and magnetization. The structure of NaV2O4 consists of double chains of edge-sharing VO6 octahedra. The resistivity is highly anisotropic, with the resistivity perpendicular to the chains more than 20 times greater than that parallel to the chains. Magnetically, the intrachain interactions are ferromagnetic and the interchain interactions are antiferromagnetic; 3D antiferromagnetic order is established at 140 K. First-principles electronic structure calculations indicate that the chains are half-metallic. Interestingly, the case of NaV2O4 seems to be a quasi-1D analogue of what was found for half-metallic materials. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review Letters
Recommended Citation
Yamaura, K., Arai, M., Sato, A., Karki, A., Young, D., Movshovich, R., Okamoto, S., Mandrus, D., & Takayama-Muromachi, E. (2007). NaV2O4: A quasi-1D metallic antiferromagnet with half-metallic chains. Physical Review Letters, 99 (19) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.196601