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The antiferromagnetic transition in the frustrated bixbyite $β$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ magnet
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A solar energy research paper on The antiferromagnetic transition in the frustrated bixbyite $β$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ magnet.
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Although Fe$_2$O$_3$ compounds are among the most extensively studied transition-metal oxides, the magnetic properties of $β$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ remain poorly characterized. Using neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction, we investigate the temperature-driven magnetic transition in $β$-Fe$_2$O$_3$. A noncollinear antiferromagnetic structure sets in abruptly via activation of irrep $mH_1^{+}$ at the H-point [$\mathbf{k}=(1,1,1)$] together with antitranslation $(1'|\tfrac{1}{2},\tfrac{1}{2},\tfrac{1}{2})$. Below $T_{\mathrm{N}}$, the magnetic cell becomes primitive $(P_I a \bar{3})$, yielding two interpenetrating primitive cubic subcells with inverted moments and non-polar type-IV symmetry. All Fe$^{3+}$-O-Fe$^{3+}$ exchanges are antiferromagnetic, and the bixbyite structure promotes geometric frustration and noncollinear magnetism through coexisting magnetic sublattices with distinct symmetries and easy axes. Its frustration index $f \simeq 7.6$ is among the highest reported for binary magnetic oxides. In $\{111\}$ planes, distorted Fe2O$_6$ octahedra form hexagonal rings interconnected by triangular units. Notably, hexagonal Fe2 rings host a central Fe1 ion with strong Ising-like anisotropy, which could act as a switching element for the rings' magnetic state. These features point to routes for functional design.
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