Magnetic characterization of the sawtooth-lattice olivines ZnL{sub 2}S{sub 4} (L=Er,Tm,Yb)

We report the magnetic properties of the ZnL{sub 2}S{sub 4} (L=Er,Tm,Yb) olivines, in which the magnetic lanthanide ions are in a potentially frustrated geometry consisting of sawtooth chains of corner-sharing triangles. Fits to the high-temperature magnetic susceptibility yielded Curie-Weiss temperatures of {theta}{sub W}{approx_equal}-4, -13, and -75 K for the Er, Tm, and Yb compounds, respectively. None of the compounds displayed magnetic long-range order above T=1.8 K. The lack of ordering at temperatures near {theta}{sub W} may be attributed to either the low dimensionality of the structure or the frustrating effect of the triangular geometry.

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