TY - JOUR AU - Zákutná, D. AU - Vlček, J. AU - Fitl, P. AU - Nemkovskiy, Kirill AU - Honecker, D. AU - Nižňanský, D. AU - Disch, S. TI - Noncollinear magnetism in nanosized cobalt chromite JO - Physical review / B VL - 98 IS - 6 SN - 2469-9950 CY - Woodbury, NY PB - Inst. M1 - FZJ-2019-00656 SP - 064407 PY - 2018 AB - Using a combination of neutron diffraction with XYZ polarization analysis and magnetization measurements, the noncollinear magnetism in nanosized cobalt chromite, a potential multiferroic material, is revealed. For noninteracting 26.9(1) nm nanoparticles, a bulklike behavior is identified, including a ferrimagnetic Curie temperature of 99 K and a transition to the spin spiral magnetic phase at 27 K with a temperature-dependent, incommensurate propagation vector. A lock-in transition towards a commensurate propagation vector is not observed. Much smaller, 3.1(2) nm, nanoparticles reveal a strong cluster glass behavior, characterized by ferrimagnetic behavior below the Curie temperature of 43 K and a transition to asperomagnetic behavior at 18 K, with the absence of any magnetic reflections at a base temperature of 5 K. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000440820200006 DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.064407 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/859834 ER -