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Dy₂Ni₃Si₅

MAGNDATA entry 1.1.75 · source

incommensurate spin-density wave

Incommensurate: the magnetic pattern repeats every so many cells, but not a whole number of them, so it never lines up with the crystal lattice. Here it's a spin-density wave: the size of the spin swells and shrinks as you move along.

ordered ≤ 9.5 K (−264 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 11 properties

Magnetic group	I2/c111′(0βγ)0ss
Point group	2/m1′
Parent space group	I b a m No. 72
Repeats every	2.81 cells along c (not a whole number: that's what incommensurate means)
Propagation	[0 0.159 0.356] 1k
Cell	a 9.527 · b 11.058 · c 5.615 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 90°
Transition	9.5 K (−264 °C)
Measured at	5.5 K
Magnetic ions	Dy
Largest moment component	5 μ_B
Method	NPD

Symmetry

Stereogram of the magnetic point group: each operation applied to one direction. Filled = upper hemisphere, ring = lower; red operations include time reversal. Lines are mirrors; polygons are 2/3/4/6-fold axes; the centre ring is inversion.

Every structure in I2/c111′(0βγ)0ss →

Atom sites · 6 sites · CSV

site	element	x	y	z
Dy1	Dy	0.282	0.38	0
Ni1	Ni	0.108	0.155	0
Ni2	Ni	0.5	0	0.25
Si1	Si	0.349	0.161	0
Si2	Si	0	0.256	0.25
Si3	Si	0	0	0.25

Incommensurate: the moments are modulated; the picture evaluates each atom's Fourier series at its own phase.

Moment components are along the crystal axes a, b, c (μ_B), as magCIF writes them. Symmetry generates the rest of the cell from these sites.

Source

A. Szytula et al. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (1997) · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/9/31/017

Cite the original paper and MAGNDATA, not this mirror.

Original file

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