Large linear magnetoelectric effect and field-induced ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity in DyCrO4

Xudong Shen; Long Zhou; Yisheng Chai; Yan Wu; Zhehong Liu; Yunyu Yin; Huibo Cao; Clarina Dela Cruz; Young Sun; Changqing Jin; Angel Muñoz; José Antonio Alonso; Youwen Long

doi:10.1038/s41427-019-0151-9

Large linear magnetoelectric effect and field-induced ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity in DyCrO₄

Xudong Shen, Long Zhou, Yisheng Chai, Yan Wu, Zhehong Liu, Yunyu Yin, Huibo Cao, Clarina Dela Cruz, Young Sun, Changqing Jin, Angel Muñoz, José Antonio Alonso, Youwen Long

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All the magnetoelectric properties of scheelite-type DyCrO₄ are characterized by temperature- and field-dependent magnetization, specific heat, permittivity, electric polarization, and neutron diffraction measurements. Upon application of a magnetic field within ±3 T, the nonpolar collinear antiferromagnetic structure leads to a large linear magnetoelectric effect with a considerable coupling coefficient. An applied electric field can induce the converse linear magnetoelectric effect, realizing magnetic field control of ferroelectricity and electric field control of magnetism. Furthermore, a higher magnetic field (>3 T) can cause a metamagnetic transition from the initially collinear antiferromagnetic structure to a canted structure, generating a large ferromagnetic magnetization up to 7.0 μ_B f.u.⁻¹. Moreover, the new spin structure can break the space inversion symmetry, yielding ferroelectric polarization, which leads to coupling of ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity with a large ferromagnetic component.

Original language	English
Article number	50
Journal	NPG Asia Materials
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41427-019-0151-9
State	Published - Dec 1 2019

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2018YFE0103200, 2018YFA0305700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11574378, 51772324, 11674384), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. YZ201555, QYZDB-SSW-SLH013, GJHZ1773), and Spanish MINECO (Grant MAT2013-41099-R). Research conducted at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy.

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National Key R&D Program of China	2018YFE0103200, 2018YFA0305700
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
Scientific User Facilities Division
US Department of Energy
National Natural Science Foundation of China	51772324, 11574378, 11674384
Chinese Academy of Sciences

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