Crystal and magnetic structures and properties of BiMnO
Belik, A. A.*; Kodama, Katsuaki
; Igawa, Naoki
; Shamoto, Shinichi
; Kosuda, Kosuke*; Muromachi, Eiji*
Crystal and magnetic structures of BiMnO
(
=0.03, 0.08, and 0.14) have been determined by the Rietveld method from neutron diffraction data at 8-10 and 290 K. BiMnO
crystallizes in a monoclinic system with space group
. BiMnO
crystallizes in space group
. It was found that Mn vacancies are localized mainly in one Mn site (among three sites) in BiMnO
(=Bi
Mn
O
). Vacancy-ordering and charge-ordering scenarios are suggested as possible reasons for the crystal symmetry change compared with BiMnO
(=Bi
Mn
O
). BiMnO
and BiMnO
are ferromagnetic below T
= 82 and 68 K, respectively, with magnetic moments along the monoclinic b axes. Refined magnetic moments at 10 K are 2.88(2)
in BiMnO
and 2.33(2)
in BiMnO
. BiMnO
crystallizes in an orthorhombic system with space group
, and its structure is similar to that of LaMnO
-LaMnO
. No magnetic reflections were found in BiMnO
down to 8 K, in agreement with its spin-glass magnetic state. Magnetic and chemical properties of BiMnO
(
) have also been investigated and compared with those of LaMnO
. Systematic changes of magnetic parameters in BiMnO
were found to depend on
.