Large spin-driven dielectric response and magnetoelectric coupling in the buckled honeycomb $Fe_4Nb_2O_9$

Ding, Lei; Lee, Minseong; Choi, Eun Sang; Zhang, Jing; Wu, Yan; Sinclair, Ryan; Chakoumakos, Bryan C.; Chai, Yisheng; Zhou, Haidong; Cao, Huibo

doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.084403

Large spin-driven dielectric response and magnetoelectric coupling in the buckled honeycomb $$Fe_4Nb_2O_9$$

Journal Article · Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.084403· OSTI ID:1649160

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
Chongqing Univ. (China). Low Temperature Physics Lab.
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)

Here, we present the significant spin-driven dielectric anomaly (~40% drop) and magnetoelectric coupling near the magnetic ordering temperature in single crystal $$Fe_4Nb_2O_9$$ . By combining neutron and x-ray single crystal diffraction techniques, we unambiguously determined its magnetic symmetry and studied the structural phase transition at $$T_S$$ = 70 K. The temperature-dependent static dielectric constant is strongly anisotropic, rendering two dielectric anomalies along the $$a$$ axis in the hexagonal lattice with the first one coupled to the magnetic ordering around $$T_N$$ = 97 K and the second one accompanying with a first-order structural transition around $$T_S$$ = 70 K. Below $$T_N$$, we found that the anomalous dielectric constant is practically proportional to the square of the magnetic moment from neutron diffraction data, indicating that the exchange striction is likely responsible for the strong spin-lattice coupling. Magnetic-field-induced magnetoelectric coupling was observed and is compatible with the determined magnetic structure that is characteristic of antiferromagnetically arranged ferromagnetic chains in the honeycomb plane. We propose that such magnetic symmetry should be immune to external magnetic fields to some extent favored by the freedom of rotation of moments in the honeycomb plane, laying out a promising system to control the magnetoelectric properties by magnetic fields.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; National Science Foundation (NSF); Projects of President Foundation of Chongqing University; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0020254

OSTI ID:: 1649160

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1658370

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 4; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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