Magnetic and thermal properties of the S = 1/2 zig-zag spin-chain compound In2VO5
Abstract
Static magnetic susceptibility , ac susceptibility ac and specific heat C versus temperature T measurements on polycrystalline samples of In2VO5 and and C versus T measurements on the isostructural, nonmagnetic compound In2TiO5 are reported. A Curie-Wiess fit to the (T) data above 175 K for In2VO5 indicates ferromagnetic exchange between V4+ (S = 1/2) moments. Below 150 K the (T) data deviate from the Curie-Weiss behavior but there is no signature of any long range magnetic order down to 1.8 K. There is a cusp at 2.8 K in the zero field cooled (ZFC) (T) data measured in a magnetic field of 100 Oe and the ZFC and field cooled (FC) data show a bifurcation below this temperature. The frequency dependence of the ac(T) data indicate that below 3 K the system is in a spin-glass state. The difference C between the heat capacity of In2VO5 and In2TiO5 shows a broad anomaly peaked at 130 K. The entropy upto 300 K is more than what is expected for S = 1/2 moments. The anomaly in C and the extra entropy suggests that there may be a structural change below 130 K in In2VO5.
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