Partial glass isosymmetry transition in multiferroic hexagonal ErMnO3

Barbour, A.; Alatas, A.; Liu, Y.; Zhu, C.; Leu, B. M.; Zhang, X.; Sandy, A.; Pierce, M. S.; Wang, X.; Cheong, S. -W.; You, H.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.054113

Title: Partial glass isosymmetry transition in multiferroic hexagonal $ErMn O_{3}$

Journal Article · Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.054113· OSTI ID:1332998

Barbour, A. ^[1]; Alatas, A. ^[2]; Liu, Y. ^[1]; Zhu, C. ^[1]; Leu, B. M. ^[2]; Zhang, X. ^[2]; Sandy, A. ^[2]; Pierce, M. S. ^[3]; Wang, X. ^[4]; Cheong, S. -W. ^[4]; You, H. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Rochester Inst. of Technology, Rochester, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics
Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Ferroelectric transitions of a hexagonal multiferroic, ErMnO₃, are studied by x-ray scattering techniques. An isosymmetry transition, similar to that previously observed for YMnO₃, approximately 300 K below the well-known ferroic transition temperature is investigated. The partial glassy behavior of the isosymmetry transition is identified by appearance of quasi-elastic scattering lines in high-energy-resolution scans. The glassy behavior is further supported by the increased interlayer decorrelation of (√3×√3)R30º ordering below the isosymmetry transition. The transition behavior is considered for possible hidden sluggish modes and two-step phase transitions theoretically predicted for the stacked triangular antiferromagnets. The in-plane azimuthal (orientational) ordering behaviors were also compared to the theoretical predictions. Coherent x-ray speckle measurements show unambiguously that the domain sizes decrease anomalously near both the isosymmetry and ferroic transitions. However, domain boundary fluctuations increase monotonically with an Arrhenius form with an activation energy of 0.54(5) eV through both transitions.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; FG02-07ER46382

OSTI ID:: 1332998

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1238397

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9950

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