Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of the Novel Hollandite Ba1.3Co1.3Ti6.7O16

Abstract

Single crystals of the new barium hollandite Ba1.3Co1.3Ti6.7O16 were obtained from a BaCl2 flux (I2/m, Z = 1, a = 9.9470(4), b = 2.9714(2), c = 10.2260(5) Å , β = 90.906(2)◦). In the crystal structure piles of Ba atoms are situated within a framework of edge- and vertex-sharing octahedra (Co,Ti)O6. The composition was deduced from microprobe analyses, structure refinements and charge balance arguments in agreement with the observed magnetic properties. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility χ(T) of Ba1.3Co1.3Ti6.7O16 single crystals reveals paramagnetism down to 2 K. The value of the Co magnetic moment deduced from the Curie-Weiss law agrees well with the theoretical value of the high-spin state spin-only moment of μeff = 3.87 μB for Co2+ (S = 3/2)