Crystal and Magnetic Structures of Multiferroic Ammonium Formates NH4M(HCO2)3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co and Ni)

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The NH4M(formate)3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co and Ni) series are the most promising members of a new family of multiferroics in which ferroelectric ordering is driven by hydrogen-bonding interactions between a magnetic framework and the guests contained in their pores. The ferroelectric transition and magnetic order of these materials vary significantly and neither the precise nature of the hydrogen bonding network nor the magnetic structures are known. A deeper understanding of how the magnetic structures and the hydrogen bonding network in the ferroelectric phases are modified by the different incorporated transition metals, will provide crucial insight into the development of new improved materials. These details can only be revealed through neutron diffraction and we will do so using WISH to take advantage of its ability to collect high-resolution data to large d-spacing.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.47621954
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/47621954
Provenance
Creator Dr Paul Saines; Mr Christopher Savory; Mr Jamie Lawler
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2017
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2014-03-01T10:32:29Z