Abstract
The possibilities of oxygen moment formation and canting in the quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) cuprate ${\mathrm{Li}}_{2}{\mathrm{CuO}}_{2}$ are investigated using single-crystal neutron diffraction at 2 K. The observed magnetic intensities could not be explained without the inclusion of a large ordered oxygen moment of $0.11(1){\ensuremath{\mu}}_{B}.$ Least-squares refinement of the magnetic structure of ${\mathrm{Li}}_{2}{\mathrm{CuO}}_{2}$ in combination with a spin-density Patterson analysis shows that the magnetization densities of the Cu and O atoms are highly aspherical, forming quasi-1D ribbons of localized Cu and O moments. Magnetic structure refinements and low-field magnetization measurements both suggest that the magnetic structure of ${\mathrm{Li}}_{2}{\mathrm{CuO}}_{2}$ at 2 K may be canted. A possible model for the canted configuration is proposed.
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