Antiferromagnetic structures

A diagram on the left shows a simple antiferromagnetic structure with alternating up and down arrows. A diagram on the right shows the complex magnetic structure of CeTe3. The arrows show the direction of the magnetic moments, while their lengths indicate how large the moments are

While some antiferromagnetic structures are simple, with neighboring magnetic moments pointing in opposite directions, others, like CeTe3’s, are more complex. The longer the arrow, the larger the magnetic moment. Dots without arrows represent no magnetic moment.

Date:
23 July 2026
Credit:
Jack Featherstone

Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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