Abstract
The various physical properties with their intercorrelations in polycrystalline samples of Sm0.5Y0.5Fe0.58Mn0.42O3 [SYFM (58–42)] were investigated. The dc magnetization measurements revealed a weak ferromagnetic (WFM) transition at TÑ361 K that is followed by an incomplete spin reorientation (SR) transition at TSR1∼ 348 K. A first order magnetic transition (FOMT) around TSR2 ∼ 292 K completes the spin reorientation transition and the material enters into a nearly collinear antiferromagnetic (AFM) state. Robust magnetodielectric (MD) is found to be present in material at room temperature. True ferroelectric transition with TFE = 108 K and having a value of saturation polarization (∼0.06 μC/cm2 at 15 K) have been found in the specimen. This spin phonon coupling (SPC) stabilizes the ferroelectric state and responsible for magnetoelectric coupling (ME). We argue that wave vector (q) dependence of the spin-pair correlation affects the electronic and magnetodielectric properties in a similar way.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 414593 |
| Journal | Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 651 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 15 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
S.R. acknowledges Dr. Srihari Velaga for support in the high temperature synchrotron measurements. We acknowledges UGC- DAE CSR Indore for measurement support. S.R. and S.P. also acknowledges Mr. Balram Thakur for helping in SQUID-VSM measurements in UGC-DAE CSR Kalapakkam Node. The whole work was supported by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development ( MHRD ), India, under the indigenous fellowship scheme. This work is also partially funded by project approved under collaborative research scheme ( UGC DAE- CRS ) vide project no.: CSR–IC–255/2017–18/1336 dated 31-03- 2018.
Keywords
- Antiferromagnetism
- Magnetoelectricity
- Spin reorientation
- Spin-phonon coupling