Magnetic structure and phase diagram of Sr5Rh4O12 frustrated Ising magnet

The magnetic structure of Sr₅Rh₄O₁₂ is based on Ising chains of rhodium ions with a variable valence, Rh³⁺-Rh⁴⁺. The ordering in the chains is assumed to be ferromagnetic. It has been shown that the magnetic structure and phase diagram of Sr₅Rh₄O₁₂ are well described in a model taking into account weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the nearest and next-nearest neighbors on the triangular lattice of ferromagnetic Ising chains. The ground state at low temperatures is the two-sublattice stripe phase; this phase in the magnetic field is transformed to the ferrimagnetic phase and, then, to the ferromagnetic phase. Small plateaus can be observed in the region of the transition from the ferrimagnetic phase to the ferromagnetic one.