C. Aguilar-Maldonado, R. Feyerherm, K. Prokeš, L. Keller, B. Lake
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Abstract
Ho3ScO6 harbors a frustrated maple leaf lattice (MLL). It crystalizes in the Mg3TeO6-type structure and has a centrosymmetric trigonal space group (R3¯). This system contains stacked layers of magnetic rings along the c axis consisting of six magnetic Ho3+ ions forming Ho hexagons, which are connected into a two-dimensional network by equilateral and isosceles triangles to form a rare example of a MLL. Long-range magnetic order is reached below TN=4.1K with a 120∘ spin arrangement on the equilateral triangles, resulting in a positive vector chirality ground state configuration. Published by the American Physical Society2025
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