Tuning the Néel Temperature of Hexagonal Ferrites by Structural Distortion

Sinha, Kishan; Wang, Haohan; Wang, Xiao; Zhou, Liying; Yin, Yuewei; Wang, Wenbin; Cheng, Xuemei; Keavney, David J.; Cao, Huibo; Liu, Yaohua; Wu, Xifan; Xu, Xiaoshan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.237203

Title: Tuning the Néel Temperature of Hexagonal Ferrites by Structural Distortion

Journal Article · Fri Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.237203· OSTI ID:1510071

Sinha, Kishan ^[1]; Wang, Haohan ^[1]; Wang, Xiao ^[2]; Zhou, Liying ^[3]; Yin, Yuewei ^[1]; Wang, Wenbin ^[4]; Cheng, Xuemei ^[2]; Keavney, David J. ^[5]; Cao, Huibo ^[6]; Liu, Yaohua ^[6]; Wu, Xifan ^[7]; Xu, Xiaoshan ^[1]

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (United States)
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States); Peking Univ., Beijing (People's Republic of China)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (People's Republic of China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)

To tune the magnetic properties of hexagonal ferrites, a family of magnetoelectric multiferroic materials, by atomic-scale structural engineering, we studied the effect of structural distortion on the magnetic ordering temperature (TN) in these materials. Using the symmetry analysis, we show that unlike most antiferromagnetic rare-earth transition-metal perovskites, a larger structural distortion leads to a higher TN in hexagonal ferrites and manganites, because the K3 structural distortion induces the three-dimensional magnetic ordering, which is forbidden in the undistorted structure by symmetry. We also revealed a near-linear relation between TN and the tolerance factor and a power-law relation between TN and the K3 distortion amplitude. Following the analysis, a record-high TN (185 K) among hexagonal ferrites was predicted in hexagonal ScFeO3 and experimentally verified in epitaxially stabilized films. These results add to the paradigm of spin-lattice coupling in antiferromagnetic oxides and suggests further tunability of hexagonal ferrites if more lattice distortion can be achieved.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1510071

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1484974; OSTI ID: 1530115

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 23; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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