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Negative Magnetization Effect in Distorted Honeycomb Ni4Nb2O9 Ceramics

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Negative magnetization effect in the quasi-two-dimensional distorted honeycomb-layered Ni4Nb2O9 ceramics is revealed through rigorous magnetic measurements. Owing to the different degrees of distortion, the Ni–Ni honeycomb layers with antiferromagnetic interlayered coupling demonstrate two types of temperature dependences, resulting in a negative magnetization effect. Here we report the structure, magnetism, magnetic switching effect and magnetocaloric effect in Ni4Nb2O9 compound, synthesized by the solid-state reaction method. The magnetization curves display a ferrimagnetic behavior with a critical temperature of 76 K. The negative magnetization state occurs at 32 K which can be ascribed to the different temperature dependence of two distorted honeycomb layers. Besides, the tunable magnetic switching effect can be obtained by changing the temperature or magnitude of the external field that shows the potential application prospects. These results provide a new platform and understanding of the negative magnetization effect in these series of materials which consist of antiferromagnetic coupling sublattices.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11474111), Key Research Projects of Henan Provincial Department of Education (21A140024), and Nanhu Scholars Program for Young Scholars of XYNU. We would like to thank the staff of the Analysis Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology for their help in various measurements.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11474111), Key Research Projects of Henan Provincial Department of Education (21A140024), and Nanhu Scholars Program for Young Scholars of XYNU.

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  1. School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, People’s Republic of China

    B. Meng, X. T. Ji, X. H. Chen & S. L. Yuan

  2. School of Mechanics and Photoelectric Physics, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, People’s Republic of China

    Q. S. Fu

  3. School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, People’s Republic of China

    C. L. Li & Y. Qiu

  4. Microwave Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India

    C. Chakrabarti

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Meng, B., Ji, X.T., Chen, X.H. et al. Negative Magnetization Effect in Distorted Honeycomb Ni4Nb2O9 Ceramics. J Low Temp Phys 207, 115–126 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02682-3

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