Lattice Distortion and Magnetic Order in Ca$_{10}$(Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$)$_{5}$(Pt$_{3}$As$_{8}$)

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Abstract

The Ca$_{\mathrm{10}}$(Fe$_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}})_{\mathrm{5}}$(Pt$_{\mathrm{3}}$As$_{\mathrm{8}})$ compound is a member of the Fe-based high-temperature superconductor family. Recent work showed that this compound has a complex chemical structure with a skutterudite-type Pt-As intermediary layer sandwiched between tetrahedral Fe-As layers. We have studied the structural and magnetic properties of Ca$_{\mathrm{10}}$(Fe$_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}})_{\mathrm{5}}$(Pt$_{\mathrm{3}}$As$_{\mathrm{8}})$ by single-crystal x-ray and neutron diffraction. Similar to other compounds in the iron arsenide family, we observed a lattice distortion from tetragonal to orthorhombic symmetry below approximately 110 K and stripe-like antiferromagnetic order below approximately 100 K. Both phase transitions are 2$^{\mathrm{nd}}$ order in nature. The magnetic order and lattice distortion in the iron arsenides appear to be robust against deviations from simple structure motifs.

*This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11358.

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Authors

  • Aashish Sapkota

    • Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
    • Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • Gregory S. Tucker

    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics \& Astronomy, Iowa State University
    • Ames Laboratory/ Iowa State University
    • Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • Mehmet Ramazanoglu

    • Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • Wei Tian

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (High Flux Isotope Reactor)
    • HFIR, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Ni Ni

    • UCLA Physics \& Astronomy
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • Los Alamos National laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, USA

  • Alan I. Goldman

    • Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • Robert J. McQueeney

    • Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • Andreas Kreyssig

    • Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University