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Verseils M, Mezzadri F, Delmonte D, Cabassi R, Baptiste B, Klein Y, Calestani G, Bolzoni F, Gilioli E, Gauzzi A. Centrosymmetry Breaking and Ferroelectricity Driven by Short-Range Magnetic Order in the Quadruple Perovskite (YMn 3)Mn 4O 12. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:14204-14211. [PMID: 31593448 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
By means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, we give direct crystallographic evidence of a centrosymmetry breaking below TS = 200 K, concomitant with the onset of a commensurate structural modulation in the quadruple perovskite YMn3Mn4O12. This result, which explains the anomalously large thermal coefficient of the Y3+ ion in previously reported structural models, is attributed to the small size of the Y3+ ion, which causes its underbonding within the dodecahedral coordination polyhedron. The present data are consistent with a commensurate superstructure described by an I-centered pseudo-orthorhombic cell with polar Ia symmetry and a ≈ aF√2 = 10.4352(7) Å, b ≈ 2bF = 14.6049(9) Å, c ≈ cF√2 = 10.6961(7) Å, and β = 90.110(3)°, where aF ≈ cF ≈ 7.45 Å, bF ≈ 7.34 Å, and β ≈ 91° are the unit cell parameters of the I2/m structure observed at room temperature. Consistent with the above polar structure, at lower temperature, T* = 70 K, we observe in polycrystalline samples an anomaly of the direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) magnetization, concomitant with the appearance of a net electric polarization, as indicated by pyrocurrent and dielectric constant measurements. These results, complemented by electrical transport measurements, suggest a magnetic ferroelectricity driven by short-range magnetic order in YMn3Mn4O12.
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- Marine Verseils
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie - UMR7590 , Sorbonne Université , CNRS, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu , 75005 Paris , France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale , Universita degli Studi di Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze, 11/a , 43124 Parma , Italy.,Istituto dei Materiali per Elettronica e Magnetismo , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Area delle Scienze, 37/a , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Istituto dei Materiali per Elettronica e Magnetismo , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Area delle Scienze, 37/a , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Istituto dei Materiali per Elettronica e Magnetismo , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Area delle Scienze, 37/a , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie - UMR7590 , Sorbonne Université , CNRS, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu , 75005 Paris , France
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie - UMR7590 , Sorbonne Université , CNRS, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu , 75005 Paris , France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale , Universita degli Studi di Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze, 11/a , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Istituto dei Materiali per Elettronica e Magnetismo , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Area delle Scienze, 37/a , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Istituto dei Materiali per Elettronica e Magnetismo , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Area delle Scienze, 37/a , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie - UMR7590 , Sorbonne Université , CNRS, MNHN, 4, place Jussieu , 75005 Paris , France
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Glazkova YS, Terada N, Matsushita Y, Katsuya Y, Tanaka M, Sobolev AV, Presniakov IA, Belik AA. High-Pressure Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Properties of CdMn7O12 and SrMn7O12 Perovskites. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:9081-91. [PMID: 26322969 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yana S. Glazkova
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
(WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki
1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Department
of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Sengen 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Sengen 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- Synchrotron X-ray Station at SPring-8, NIMS, Kohto 1-1-1, Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Synchrotron X-ray Station at SPring-8, NIMS, Kohto 1-1-1, Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
(WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki
1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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