Hyperfine Interactions in Ferrites with Spinel Structure

Title: Hyperfine Interactions in Ferrites with Spinel Structure Author: Vojtěch Chlan Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Helena Štěpánková, CSc. Abstract: Ferrite systems with spinel structure, manganese ferrite, lithium ferrite and magnetite, are studied experimentally by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and from the first principles by electron structure calculations based on density functional theory (DFT). Manganese ferrites with various degrees of manganese-iron inversion and with different manganese contents are investigated, with respect to magnetic structure and cationic arrangement. An approach for NMR spectra interpretation is elaborated on ordered lithium ferrite, consisting in matching the calculated hyperfine field anisotropy with experimental results. This method is then applied to low temperature structure of magnetite, showing a promising path towards solving its complicated structure, orbital and charge ordering. The switching of magnetic easy axis induced by external magnetic field is observed in magnetite and the accompanying structural changes are studied by means of magnetic and NMR measurements. Magnetite with cationic vacancies is investigated by analyzing satellite structure induced by the vacancies; it is shown that..