Sodiumlayerchiraldistribution.PDF

Sodium layer chiral distribution and spin structure of Na2Ni2TeO6 with a honeycomb network Sunil K. Karna,1 Y. Zhao,2,3 R. Sankar,1,4 M. Avdeev,5 P. C. Tseng,6 C. W. Wang,7 G. J. Shu,1 K. Matan,8 G. Y. Guo,6,9 and F. C. Chou1,10,11 1Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan 2NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA 4Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan 5Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC NSW 2232, Australia 6Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan 7Neutron Group, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan 8Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand 9Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan 10National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan and 11Taiwan Consortium of Emergent Crystalline Materials, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taipei 10622, Taiwan (Dated: March 13, 2017) The nature of Na ion distribution, di?usion path, and the spin structure of P 2-type Na2Ni2TeO6 with a Ni honeycomb network has been explored. The nuclear density distribution of Na ions