Magnetic properties of six-legged spin-1 nanotube in presence of a longitudinal applied field

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we investigate the magnetic behavior of a single-walled hexagonal spin-1 Ising nanotube by using the effective field theory (EFT) with correlations and the differential operator technique (DOT). The system consists of six long legs distributed parallel to each other on a hexagonal basis. Within each chain, spin sites are regularly positioned and magnetically coupled through a J // exchange interaction along the chains and J⊥ between adjacent chains. Key equations of magnetization, susceptibility and critical temperatures are established, numerically resolved and carefully analyzed for some selected exchange couplings and various applied magnetic fields. In addition to the phase diagram, interesting phenomena are noted, particularly for opposite exchange interactions where magnetization plateaus and frustration are discovered.