Single crystals of the anisotropic Kagome staircase compounds Ni3V2O8 and Co3V2O8

TL;DR

This paper reports the successful growth of high-quality single crystals of Ni3V2O8 and Co3V2O8, Kagome lattice variants, revealing their intriguing magnetic properties and contributing to the study of magnetic frustration.

Contribution

First successful growth of large, high-quality single crystals of Ni3V2O8 and Co3V2O8 Kagome staircase compounds using the floating zone technique.

Findings

Crystals exhibit intriguing magnetic properties

Crystals are of high quality and suitable for further study

Growth method enables exploration of magnetic frustration phenomena

Abstract

Compounds with a Kagome type lattice are known to exhibit magnetic frustration. Large single crystals of two compounds Ni3V2O8 and Co3V2O8, which are variants of a Kagome net lattice, have been grown successfully by the floating zone technique using an optical image furnace. The single crystals are of high quality and exhibit intriguing magnetic properties.