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Unusual solid-state transformations in LuFe2O4 films during their synthesis via MOCVD with further reduction. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Gorbachev EA, Kozlyakova ES, Trusov LA, Sleptsova AE, Zykin MA, Kazin PE. Design of modern magnetic materials with giant coercivity. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The review is devoted to compounds and materials demonstrating extremely high magnetic hardness. The recent advances in the synthesis of modern materials for permanent magnets are considered, and a range of exotic compounds interesting for fundamental research is described. The key details of chemical composition, crystal structure and magnetic microstructure responsible for the appearance of high magnetic anisotropy and giant coercivity are analyzed. The challenges of developing the title materials are noted and strategies for their solution are discussed.
The bibliography includes 389 references.
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Holtz ME, Padgett ES, Steinhardt R, Brooks CM, Meier D, Schlom DG, Muller DA, Mundy JA. Dimensionality-Induced Change in Topological Order in Multiferroic Oxide Superlattices. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:157601. [PMID: 33929216 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.157601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We construct ferroelectric (LuFeO_{3})_{m}/(LuFe_{2}O_{4}) superlattices with varying index m to study the effect of confinement on topological defects. We observe a thickness-dependent transition from neutral to charged domain walls and the emergence of fractional vortices. In thin LuFeO_{3} layers, the volume fraction of domain walls grows, lowering the symmetry from P6_{3}cm to P3c1 before reaching the nonpolar P6_{3}/mmc state, analogous to the group-subgroup sequence observed at the high-temperature ferroelectric to paraelectric transition. Our study shows how dimensional confinement stabilizes textures beyond those in bulk ferroelectric systems.
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- Megan E Holtz
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Max-Born-Straβe 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Kim YJ, Konishi S, Okada M, Komabuchi M, Urushihara D, Asaka T, Tanaka K. Spin glass transition of single-crystalline TmFe 2O 4-δ. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:405801. [PMID: 32442996 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab95cd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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TmFe2O4is one kind of multiferroic material in which equivalent amounts of Fe2+and Fe3+occupy a two-dimensional triangular lattice, leading to charge and spin frustrations. The spin frustration is expected to be increased as the fraction of Fe2+(Fe3+) becomes larger than that of Fe3+(Fe2+). We have grown single-crystalline TmFe2O4-δwith oxygen vacancies by using floating zone melting method and examined its magnetic properties. On cooling the compound, a long-range magnetic ordering develops around ∼240 K. With further cooling, a maximum of zero-field-cooled (ZFC) magnetization is observed at 186.2 K. The ac magnetic susceptibility obtained by ZFC process also manifests a maximum in its temperature dependence, and the variation of spin-freezing temperature with frequency of ac magnetic field is explainable in terms of the dynamic scaling law with the critical component of 8.68(8). This value suggests that the spin glass transition occurs at 186.2 K. The effect of external dc magnetic field on the irreversible transition temperature is coincident with the de Almeida-Thouless (AT) line. Aging-memory and rejuvenation effect is also observed below the spin-freezing temperature. These facts support the idea that TmFe2O4-δundergoes spin glass transition below the ferrimagnetic transition temperature. In other words, TmFe2O4-δcan be regarded as a reentrance spin glass. It is thought that the oxygen vacancies bring about unequal number of Fe2+and Fe3+ions and thereby strengthen the magnetic frustration among the iron ions coupled with antiferromagnetic interactions, leading to the spin glass behavior.
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- You Jin Kim
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Ceramics, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Ceramics, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Ceramics, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Kim YJ, Konishi S, Hayasaka Y, Kakeya I, Tanaka K. Magnetic and electrical properties of LuFe2O4 epitaxial thin films with a self-assembled interface structure. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01666j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Thin film of LuFe2O4, one of multiferroics, deposited on an yttria-stabilized zirconia substrate shows a unique interface structure, leading to an exchange bias effect. The thin film itself undergoes spin glass or cluster glass transition.
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- You Jin Kim
- Department of Material Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering
- Graduated School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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Magnetic oxygen stored in quasi-1D form within BaAl 2O 4 lattice. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15158. [PMID: 31641185 PMCID: PMC6805866 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51653-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Inorganic materials that enable a link between the storage and release of molecular oxygen offer a fertile ground in continuous quest for the applications that can potentially reduce energy consumption and thus minimize adverse effects on the environment. Herein, we address reversible intake/release of an oxygen within the BaAl2O4 material as evidenced by unexpected magnetic ordering. Magnetic measurements unveil that an oxygen is stored in the form of condensed matter, creating a kind of low dimensional, chain-like assembly within the tunnels of BaAl2O4 structure. We demonstrate that oxygen is adsorbed simply by staying in air, at ambient conditions, and released relatively quickly by staying in the He or other gas atmosphere of several millibars pressure even at 300 K.
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Banks D, Harroun TA. Seventy years of scientific impact using neutron beams at the Chalk River Laboratories. Facets (Ott) 2019. [DOI: 10.1139/facets-2019-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The 31 March 2018 closure of the National Research Universal reactor marked the end of over 70 years of materials research using neutron beams from major neutron sources at the Chalk River Laboratories in Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. This closure will have a major impact on the Canadian materials research community, including researchers in the physics, chemistry, and engineering of materials. After a brief review of the history of neutron beams at the Chalk River Laboratories, we present the results of a bibliometric study of the scientific output of the research with neutron beams. In this study, we compiled a complete bibliographic record of the research papers beginning with the first neutron scattering experiments at the National Research Experimental reactor in 1947, analyzed the citations from 1980 onward, and benchmarked the results against major neutron beam facilities in other countries and against other major research facilities in Canada. We also conducted a broader bibliometric analysis of the use of neutron scattering data among all Canadians, regardless of where the data were taken. The results provide a useful metric of the size of the Canadian neutron scattering community and places into context the importance of access to this research tool.
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- Daniel Banks
- Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
- Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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Kumar S, Mondal C, Pathak B. Double-Exchange Magnetic Interactions in High-Temperature Ferromagnetic Iron Chalcogenide Monolayers. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:873-880. [PMID: 30724434 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Smythite ( <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub> <mml:msub><mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> ) is an iron-based chalcogenide with a lamellar structure, different from the compositionally identical mineral greigite. Owing to their natural abundance, such transition metal chalcogenides are promising materials for low-cost spintronic-based devices. Herein, we discuss the charge transfer processes and complex magnetic ordering in a two-dimensional (2D) smythite lattice. We find that <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> redox couple and complex magnetic ordering are governing factors in the charge transfer processes. A very strong ferromagnetic in-lattice coupling is also observed, which is attributed to the presence of three Fe-centres. To describe the magnetic behaviour molecular and periodic approaches have been considered. We found a substantial increase in Curie temperature with applied mechanical stress due to opening of the double exchange interaction angle. We also observe an in-plane Jahn-Teller distortion, which is further confirmed by the spin-orbit counter plot. Our study thus provides an insight into the double exchange mechanism favoured by the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> redox couple and results in a strong ferromagnetic ordering.
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- Sourabh Kumar
- Discipline of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, Indore, 453552, India
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- Discipline of Metallurgy Engineering and Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, Indore, 453552, India
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- Discipline of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, Indore, 453552, India.,Discipline of Metallurgy Engineering and Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, Indore, 453552, India
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Ferromagnetic insulators are highly needed as the necessary components in developing next-generation dissipationless quantum-spintronic devices. Such materials are rare, and those high symmetric ones without chemical doping available so far only work below 16 K. Here we demonstrate a tensile-strained LaCoO3 film to be a strain-induced high-temperature ferromagnetic insulator. Both experiments and first-principles calculations demonstrated that the tensile-strain–supported ferromagnetism reaches its strongest when the composition is nearly stoichiometric. It disappears when the Co2+ defect concentration reaches around 10%. The discovery represents a chance for the availability of such materials, a high operation temperature, and a high epitaxial integration potential for making future devices. Ferromagnetic insulators are required for many new magnetic devices, such as dissipationless quantum-spintronic devices, magnetic tunneling junctions, etc. Ferromagnetic insulators with a high Curie temperature and a high-symmetry structure are critical integration with common single-crystalline oxide films or substrates. So far, the commonly used ferromagnetic insulators mostly possess low-symmetry structures associated with a poor growth quality and widespread properties. The few known high-symmetry materials either have extremely low Curie temperatures (≤16 K), or require chemical doping of an otherwise antiferromagnetic matrix. Here we present compelling evidence that the LaCoO3 single-crystalline thin film under tensile strain is a rare undoped perovskite ferromagnetic insulator with a remarkably high TC of up to 90 K. Both experiments and first-principles calculations demonstrate tensile-strain–induced ferromagnetism which does not exist in bulk LaCoO3. The ferromagnetism is strongest within a nearly stoichiometric structure, disappearing when the Co2+ defect concentration reaches about 10%. Significant impact of the research includes demonstration of a strain-induced high-temperature ferromagnetic insulator, successful elevation of the transition over the liquid-nitrogen temperature, and high potential for integration into large-area device fabrication processes.
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Fronzi M, Tawfik SA, Stampfl C, Ford MJ. Magnetic properties of stoichiometric and defective Co9S8. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:2356-2362. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06637f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Our theoretical investigation confirms the antiferromagnetic nature of pentlandite Co9S8 and predicts a change in the local magnetic properties upon sulfur vacancy formation.
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- Marco Fronzi
- International Research Centre for Renewable Energy
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Xi'an 710049
- China
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Science
- University of Technology Sydney
- Ultimo 2007
- Australia
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Nicoud S, Huvé M, Hernandez O, Pautrat A, Duttine M, Wattiaux A, Colin C, Kabbour H, Mentré O. Comprehensive Study of Oxygen Storage in YbFe 2O 4+x (x ≤ 0.5): Unprecedented Coexistence of FeO n Polyhedra in One Single Phase. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:17031-17043. [PMID: 29094941 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The multiferroic LuFe2.5+2O4 was recently proposed as a promising material for oxygen storage due to its easy reversible oxidation into LuFe3+2O4.5. We have investigated the similar scenario in YbFe2O4+x, leading to a slightly greater oxygen storage (OSC) capacity of 1434 μmol O/g. For the first time, the structural model of LnFe2O4.5 was fully understood by high-resolution microscopy images, and synchrotron and neutron diffraction experiments, as well as maximum entropy method. The oxygen uptake promotes a reconstructive shearing of the [YbO2] sub-units controlled by the adaptive Ln/Fe oxygen coordination and the Fe2/3+ redox. After oxidation, the rearrangement of the Fe coordination polyhedra is unique such that all available FeOn units (n = 6, 5, 4 in octahedra, square pyramids, trigonal bipyramids, tetrahedra) were identified in modulated rows growing in plane. This complex pseudo-ordering gives rise to short-range antiferromagnetic correlation within an insulating state.
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- Sarah Nicoud
- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS - UMR 8181, Université d'Artois, ENSCL, Université de Lille , F-59000 Lille, France
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS - UMR 8181, Université d'Artois, ENSCL, Université de Lille , F-59000 Lille, France
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- ISCR, CNRS - UMR 6226, Université de Rennes 1 , F-35042 Rennes, France
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- CRISMAT, CNRS - UMR 6508, ENSICAEN , F-14050 Caen, France
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- ICMCB, CNRS - UPR 9048, Université Bordeaux , F-33600 Pessac, France
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- ICMCB, CNRS - UPR 9048, Université Bordeaux , F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Institut NEEL, Université Grenoble Alpes , F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS - UMR 8181, Université d'Artois, ENSCL, Université de Lille , F-59000 Lille, France
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), CNRS - UMR 8181, Université d'Artois, ENSCL, Université de Lille , F-59000 Lille, France
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Gallego SV, Perez-Mato JM, Elcoro L, Tasci ES, Hanson RM, Momma K, Aroyo MI, Madariaga G. MAGNDATA: towards a database of magnetic structures. I. The commensurate case. J Appl Crystallogr 2016. [DOI: 10.1107/s1600576716012863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A free web page under the name MAGNDATA, which provides detailed quantitative information on more than 400 published magnetic structures, has been developed and is available at the Bilbao Crystallographic Server (http://www.cryst.ehu.es). It includes both commensurate and incommensurate structures. This first article is devoted to explaining the information available on commensurate magnetic structures. Each magnetic structure is described using magnetic symmetry, i.e. a magnetic space group (or Shubnikov group). This ensures a robust and unambiguous description of both atomic positions and magnetic moments within a common unique formalism. A non-standard setting of the magnetic space group is often used in order to keep the origin and unit-cell orientation of the paramagnetic phase, but a description in any desired setting is possible. Domain-related equivalent structures can also be downloaded. For each structure its magnetic point group is given, and the resulting constraints on any macroscopic tensor property of interest can be consulted. Any entry can be retrieved as a magCIF file, a file format under development by the International Union of Crystallography. An online visualization tool using Jmol is available, and the latest versions of VESTA and Jmol support the magCIF format, such that these programs can be used locally for visualization and analysis of any of the entries in the collection. The fact that magnetic structures are often reported without identifying their symmetry and/or with ambiguous information has in many cases forced a reinterpretation and transformation of the published data. Most of the structures in the collection possess a maximal magnetic symmetry within the constraints imposed by the magnetic propagation vector(s). When a lower symmetry is realized, it usually corresponds to an epikernel (isotropy subgroup) of one irreducible representation of the space group of the parent phase. Various examples of the structures present in this collection are discussed.
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Mundy JA, Brooks CM, Holtz ME, Moyer JA, Das H, Rébola AF, Heron JT, Clarkson JD, Disseler SM, Liu Z, Farhan A, Held R, Hovden R, Padgett E, Mao Q, Paik H, Misra R, Kourkoutis LF, Arenholz E, Scholl A, Borchers JA, Ratcliff WD, Ramesh R, Fennie CJ, Schiffer P, Muller DA, Schlom DG. Atomically engineered ferroic layers yield a room-temperature magnetoelectric multiferroic. Nature 2016; 537:523-7. [DOI: 10.1038/nature19343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ikeda N, Nagata T, Kano J, Mori S. Present status of the experimental aspect of RFe₂O₄ study. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2015; 27:053201. [PMID: 25603817 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/5/053201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We give a brief review of the experimental research on a triangular mixed valence iron oxide RFe2O4 (R = Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sc or In). Interest in this material has been increasing every year because of the fascinating but complicated interaction between spin, charge and the orbital state of iron ions in frustrated geometry. Reports collected in this review cover experimental research on crystallography, chemical analysis, bulk and thin film preparation, magnetic, dielectric, diffraction with neutrons, x-ray and electron, optical and x-ray absorption, Mössbauer spectroscopy and other methods that incorporate the use of modern scientific technology and knowledge. The report mainly focuses on experimental facts since 1990 on which an early review by Siratori has been published (Kimizuka et al 1990 Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths vol 13, ed K A Gschneidner Jr and L Eyring (Amsterdam: North-Holland/Elsevier) pp 283-384).
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- Naoshi Ikeda
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama City, 700-8530, Japan
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Double charge ordering states and spin ordering state observed in a RFe2O4 system. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6429. [PMID: 25234133 PMCID: PMC5377305 DOI: 10.1038/srep06429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Charge, spin, and lattice degrees of orderings are of great interest in the layered quantum material RFe2O4 (R = Y, Er, Yb, Tm, and Lu) system. Recently many unique properties have been found using various experimental methods. However so far the nature of the two-dimensional (2D) charge ordering (CO) state is not clear and no observation of its fine structure in energy has been reported. Here we report unambiguous observation of double 2D CO states at relatively high temperature in a polycrystalline Er0.1Yb0.9Fe2O4 using Raman scattering. The energy gaps between the 3D and the double 2D states are 170 meV (41.2 THz) and 193 meV (46.6 THz), respectively. We also observed a spin ordering (SO) state at below 210 K with characteristic energy of 45 meV (10.7 THz). Our investigation experimentally identified new fine structures of quantum orders in the system, which also extends the capability of optical methods in investigating other layered quantum materials.
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Hervieu M, Guesdon A, Bourgeois J, Elkaïm E, Poienar M, Damay F, Rouquette J, Maignan A, Martin C. Oxygen storage capacity and structural flexibility of LuFe2O4+x (0≤x≤0.5). NATURE MATERIALS 2014; 13:74-80. [PMID: 24270583 DOI: 10.1038/nmat3809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Combining functionalities in devices with high performances is a great challenge that rests on the discovery and optimization of materials. In this framework, layered oxides are attractive for numerous purposes, from energy conversion and storage to magnetic and electric properties. We demonstrate here the oxygen storage ability of ferroelectric LuFe2O4+x within a large x range (from 0 to 0.5) and its cycling possibility. The combination of thermogravimetric analyses, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy evidences a complex oxygen intercalation/de-intercalation process with several intermediate metastable states. This topotactic mechanism is mainly governed by nanoscale structures involving a shift of the cationic layers. The ferrite is highly promising because absorption begins at a low temperature (~=200 °C), occurs in a low oxygen pressure and the uptake of oxygen is reversible without altering the quality of the crystals. The storage/release of oxygen coupled to the transport and magnetic properties of LnFe2O4 opens the door to new tunable multifunctional applications.
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- M Hervieu
- Laboratoire CRISMAT, UMR 6508 CNRS, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire CRISMAT, UMR 6508 CNRS, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
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- 1] Laboratoire CRISMAT, UMR 6508 CNRS, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France [2] Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, UMR 12, CEA-Saclay, CEA-CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin BP 48 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt UMR CNRS 5253, Université Montpellier II, Place E Bataillon, cc1503, 34095 Montpellier Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, UMR 12, CEA-Saclay, CEA-CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt UMR CNRS 5253, Université Montpellier II, Place E Bataillon, cc1503, 34095 Montpellier Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire CRISMAT, UMR 6508 CNRS, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire CRISMAT, UMR 6508 CNRS, ENSICAEN, 6 Boulevard du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
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Kambe T, Fukada Y, Kano J, Nagata T, Okazaki H, Yokoya T, Wakimoto S, Kakurai K, Ikeda N. Magnetoelectric effect driven by magnetic domain modification in LuFe2O4. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:117602. [PMID: 25166578 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.117602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The magnetocapacitance effect was investigated using impedance spectroscopy on single crystals of LuFe(2)O(4). The intrinsic impedance response could be separated from the interfacial response and showed a clear hysteresis loop below T(Ferri)∼240 K under the magnetic field. The neutron diffraction experiment under the magnetic field proves the origin of the dielectric property related to the motion of the nanosized ferromagnetic domain boundary. These results imply that the modification of the microscopic domain structure is responsible for the magnetoelectric effect in LuFe(2)O(4).
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- Takashi Kambe
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Yang HX, Tian HF, Wang Z, Qin YB, Ma C, Li JQ, Cheng ZY, Yu R, Zhu J. Effect of oxygen stoichiometry in LuFe2O(4-δ) and its microstructure observed by aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2012; 24:435901. [PMID: 23032863 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/43/435901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A series of oxygen deficient LuFe(2)O(4-δ) materials have been prepared under a controlled oxygen partial-pressure atmosphere. Measurements of magnetization reveal that the increase of oxygen deficiencies could evidently depress the ferrimagnetic phase transition temperature (T(N)). In additional to the well-known charge ordering within the (11(-)0) crystal plane, a visible structural modulation with q = (0,1/4.2,7/8) commonly appears on the (100) plane in the oxygen deficient samples. An aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy study on the oxygen deficient samples demonstrates the presence of oxygen vacancies and local structural distortion. The atomic structural features in correlation with the structural modulation, distortion of the FeO(5) polyhedron and the (001) twinning domains have been also examined.
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- H X Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Niermann D, Waschkowski F, de Groot J, Angst M, Hemberger J. Dielectric properties of charge-ordered LuFe(2)O(4) revisited: the apparent influence of contacts. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:016405. [PMID: 23031121 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.016405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We show results of broadband dielectric measurements on the charge ordered, proposed to be multiferroic material LuFe(2)O(4). The temperature and frequency dependence of the complex permittivity as investigated for temperatures above and below the charge-order transition near T(CO)≈320 K and for frequencies up to 1 GHz can be well described by a standard equivalent-circuit model considering Maxwell-Wagner-type contacts and hopping induced ac conductivity. No pronounced contribution of intrinsic dipolar polarization could be found, and thus the ferroelectric character of the charge order in LuFe(2)O(4) has to be questioned.
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- D Niermann
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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de Groot J, Mueller T, Rosenberg RA, Keavney DJ, Islam Z, Kim JW, Angst M. Charge order in LuFe2O4: an unlikely route to ferroelectricity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:187601. [PMID: 22681119 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.187601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We present the refinement of the crystal structure of charge-ordered LuFe2O4, based on single-crystal x-ray diffraction data. The arrangement of the different Fe-valence states, determined with bond-valence-sum analysis, corresponds to a stacking of charged Fe bilayers, in contrast with the polar bilayers previously suggested. This arrangement is supported by an analysis of x-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectra, which also evidences a strong charge-spin coupling. The nonpolar bilayers are inconsistent with charge order based ferroelectricity.
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- J de Groot
- Peter Grünberg Institut PGI and Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS, JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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de Groot J, Marty K, Lumsden MD, Christianson AD, Nagler SE, Adiga S, Borghols WJH, Schmalzl K, Yamani Z, Bland SR, de Souza R, Staub U, Schweika W, Su Y, Angst M. Competing ferri- and antiferromagnetic phases in geometrically frustrated LuFe2O4. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:037206. [PMID: 22400782 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.037206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present a detailed study of magnetism in LuFe(2)O(4), combining magnetization measurements with neutron and soft x-ray diffraction. The magnetic phase diagram in the vicinity of T(N) involves a metamagnetic transition separating an antiferro- and a ferrimagnetic phase. For both phases the spin structure is refined by neutron diffraction. Observed diffuse magnetic scattering far above T(N) is explained in terms of near degeneracy of the magnetic phases.
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- J de Groot
- Peter Grünberg Institut PGI and Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS, JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Wang F, Li CH, Zou T, Liu Y, Sun Y. Electrically driven magnetic relaxation in multiferroic LuFe2O4. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2010; 22:496001. [PMID: 21406787 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/49/496001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report the electrical control of magnetization in multiferroic LuFe2O4 by applying short current pulses. The magnitude of the induced magnetization change depends on the pulse width and current density. The voltage variation during the applied current pulses evidences an electric-field-induced breakdown of charge order and excludes the role of Joule heating. This current driven magnetization change can be interpreted with a three-temperature model in which the delocalized electrons accelerate spin relaxation through a strong spin-charge coupling inherent to multiferroicity. The electrically assisted magnetic relaxation provides a new approach for electrical control of magnetization.
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- Fen Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Rouquette J, Haines J, Al-Zein A, Papet P, Damay F, Bourgeois J, Hammouda T, Doré F, Maignan A, Hervieu M, Martin C. Pressure-induced structural transition in LuFe2O4: towards a new charge ordered state. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:237203. [PMID: 21231500 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.237203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The electronic ferroelectric lutetium ferrite (LuFe(2)O(4)) was studied by x-ray diffraction as a function of pressure. Pressure is shown to induce an irreversible rhombohedral to orthorhombic transition leading to a supercell determined by the combination of electron and synchrotron x-ray diffraction. This new configuration is proposed to be charge ordered in agreement with the results of resistivity measurements.
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- J Rouquette
- Institut Charles Gerhardt UMR CNRS 5253, Équipe Chimie et Cristallochimie des Matériaux, Université Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, cc1503, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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Ko KT, Noh HJ, Kim JY, Park BG, Park JH, Tanaka A, Kim SB, Zhang CL, Cheong SW. Electronic origin of giant magnetic anisotropy in multiferroic LuFe2O4. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 103:207202. [PMID: 20366006 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.207202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We investigated the orbital anisotropy of LuFe(2)O(4) using the Fe L(2,3)- and O K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and cluster model calculations. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism reveals a surprisingly large orbital magnetic moment (m(o) approximately 0.8 micro(B)/f.u.), which originates the giant magnetic anisotropy. The polarization dependent XAS enables us to identify the orbital states and occupations, different from the band calculation predictions. These findings were examined by using the cluster model analysis, which also explains the orbital magnetic moment as well as the total moment (2.9 micro(B)/f.u.). Taking into account the charge order, we also determined the spin structure.
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- K-T Ko
- c_CCMR and Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea
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Xu XS, Angst M, Brinzari TV, Hermann RP, Musfeldt JL, Christianson AD, Mandrus D, Sales BC, McGill S, Kim JW, Islam Z. Charge order, dynamics, and magnetostructural transition in multiferroic LuFe2O4. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:227602. [PMID: 19113523 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.227602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We investigated the series of temperature and field-driven transitions in LuFe2O4 by optical and Mössbauer spectroscopies, magnetization, and x-ray scattering in order to understand the interplay between charge, structure, and magnetism in this multiferroic material. We demonstrate that charge fluctuation has an onset well below the charge ordering transition, supporting the "order by fluctuation" mechanism for the development of charge order superstructure. Bragg splitting and large magneto-optical contrast suggest a low-temperature monoclinic distortion that can be driven by both temperature and magnetic field.
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- X S Xu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Angst M, Hermann RP, Christianson AD, Lumsden MD, Lee C, Whangbo MH, Kim JW, Ryan PJ, Nagler SE, Tian W, Jin R, Sales BC, Mandrus D. Charge order in LuFe2O4: antiferroelectric ground state and coupling to magnetism. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:227601. [PMID: 19113522 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.227601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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X-ray scattering by multiferroic LuFe2O4 is reported. Below 320 K, superstructure reflections indicate an incommensurate charge order with propagation close to (1/3 1/3 3/2). The corresponding charge configuration, also found by electronic structure calculations as most stable, contains polar Fe/O double layers with antiferroelectric stacking. Diffuse scattering at 360 K, with (1/3 1/3 0) propagation, indicates ferroelectric short-range correlations between neighboring double layers. The temperature dependence of the incommensuration indicates that charge order and magnetism are coupled.
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- M Angst
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
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Wu W, Kiryukhin V, Noh HJ, Ko KT, Park JH, Ratcliff W, Sharma PA, Harrison N, Choi YJ, Horibe Y, Lee S, Park S, Yi HT, Zhang CL, Cheong SW. Formation of pancakelike Ising domains and giant magnetic coercivity in ferrimagnetic LuFe2O4. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:137203. [PMID: 18851488 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.137203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We have studied quasi-two-dimensional multiferroic LuFe2O4 with strong charge-spin-lattice coupling, in which low-temperature coercivity approaches an extraordinary value of 9 T in single crystals. The enhancement of the coercivity is connected to the collective freezing of nanoscale pancakelike ferrimagnetic domains with large uniaxial magnetic anisotropy ("Ising pancakes"). Our results suggest that collective freezing in low-dimensional magnets with large uniaxial anisotropy provides an effective mechanism to achieve enhanced coercivity. This observation may help identify novel approaches for synthesis of magnets with enhanced properties.
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- Weida Wu
- Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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