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Magnetic Behaviour of Layered Ag(II) Fluorides

Magnetic Behaviour of Layered Ag(II) Fluorides

Sylvia E McLain, Michelle R Dolgos, D Alan Tennant, John F C Turner, Ted Barnes, Thomas Proffen, Brian C Sales, Robert I Bewley

Nat Mater. 2006 Jul;5(7):561-6.

PMID: 16783361

Abstract:

Fluoride phases that contain the spin-1/2 4d9 Ag(II) ion have recently been predicted to have interesting or unusual magnetochemistry, owing to their structural similarity to the 3d9 Cu(II) cuprates and the covalence associated with this unusual oxidation state of silver. Here we present a comprehensive study of structure and magnetism in the layered Ag(II) fluoride Cs2AgF4, using magnetic susceptometry, inelastic neutron scattering techniques and both X-ray and neutron powder diffraction. We find that this material is well described as a two-dimensional ferromagnet, in sharp contrast to the high-T(C) cuprates and a previous report in the literature. Analyses of the structural data show that Cs2AgF4 is orbitally ordered at all temperatures of measurement. Therefore, we suggest that orbital ordering may be the origin of the ferromagnetism we observe in this material.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP7783951	Silver(II) fluoride		7783-95-1	Price

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