The nature of Na ion distribution, diffusion path, and the spin structure of P 2-type Na2Ni2TeO6 with a Ni honeycomb network has been explored. The nuclear density distribution of Na ions reveals a 2D chiral pattern within Na layers without breaking the original 3D crystal symmetry, which has been achieved uniquely via an inverse Fourier transform (iFT)-assisted neutron diffraction technique. The Na diffusion pathway described by the calculated iso-surface of Na ion bond valence sum (BVS) map is found consistent to a chiral diffusion mechanism. The Na site occupancy and Ni 2+ spin ordering were examined in detail with the electron density mapping, neutron diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, thermal conductivity and transport measurements. Signatures of both strong incommensurate (ICM) and weak commensurate (CM) antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin ordering were identified in the polycrystalline sample studied, and the CM-AFM spin ordering was confirmed by using a single crystal sample through the k-scan in the momentum space corresponding to the AFM peak of ( 1 2 , 0, 1).
We report on the crystal growth and magnetic property studies of layered Na2Ni2TeO6 and Na2Cu2TeO6. The former has a honeycomb layer composed of NiO6 octahedra and the latter is composed of paired CuO4 plaquettes connected through TeO6 octahedra.
The control of domain
walls is central to nearly all magnetic technologies,
particularly for information storage and spintronics. Creative attempts
to increase storage density need to overcome volatility due to thermal
fluctuations of nanoscopic domains and heating limitations. Topological
defects, such as solitons, skyrmions, and merons, may be much less
susceptible to fluctuations, owing to topological constraints, while
also being controllable with low current densities. Here, we present
the first evidence for soliton/soliton and soliton/antisoliton domain
walls in the hexagonal chiral magnet Mn
1/3
NbS
2
that respond asymmetrically to magnetic fields and exhibit pair-annihilation.
This is important because it suggests the possibility of controlling
the occurrence of soliton pairs and the use of small fields or small
currents to control nanoscopic magnetic domains. Specifically, our
data suggest that either soliton/soliton or soliton/antisoliton pairs
can be stabilized by tuning the balance between intrinsic exchange
interactions and long-range magnetostatics in restricted geometries.
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