Magnetic Earth Materials

In this area, we combine methods of solid-state physics, materials science and earth science to understand the structural and magnetic properties of widespread terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials. We focus in particular on Fe monosulfides, which reveal vacancy-dependent magnetic properties. Here we study ferrimagnetic Fe₇S₈ (4C pyrrhotite), which reveals the important Besnus transition, and other Fe₇S₈ polytypes to get insight into their provenance in Earth and extraterrestrial systems, and to understand in more detail the basic properties of vacancy-induced magnetic systems.