Crystal Growth, Magnetic Properties and Analysis of Possible Magnetic Ordering of Ni5Sn(BO5)(2) with Ludwigite Structure

Sofronova, Svetlana; Bezmaternykh, Leonard; Eremin, Evgeniy; Chernyshov, Artem; Bovina, Asya Source: PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 255 (12):10.1002/pssb.201800281 DEC 2018

The ludwigite Ni₅Sn(BO₅)₂ belongs to a family of oxyborates, and has an ordered distribution of nonmagnetic Sn ions. This material is studied here using magnetic measurements. Ni₅Sn(BO₅)₂ does not show full long‐range magnetic order, but exhibits a partial ordering at 73 K. A theoretical group analysis is performed and different models of the magnetic structure of Ni₅Sn(BO₅)₂ are discussed.