Short-range spin correlations inβ″-LiFeO2from bulk magnetization, neutron diffraction, andμSRexperiments

Ryota Akiyama,1 Yutaka Ikedo,2,* Martin Mansson,3 Tatsuo Goko,4 Jun Sugiyama,2 Daniel Andreica,5 Alex Amato,6 Kittiwit Matan,1 and Taku J. Sato1,† 1Neutron Science Laboratory, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 106-1 Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan 2Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan 3Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland 4TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2A3 5Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 6Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland