Spin reorientation and magnetization reversal in the perovskite oxides, YFe{sub 1-x}Mn{sub x}O{sub 3} (0{<=}x{<=}0.45): A neutron diffraction study
- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit and International Centre for Materials Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560064 (India)
- Institut Laue Langevin, 6, Rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)
- CRISMAT Laboratory, CNRS-ENSICAEN, University of Caen, 14050 Caen (France)
Members of the YFe{sub 1-x}Mn{sub x}O{sub 3} (0{<=}x{<=}0.45) family crystallize in the GdFeO{sub 3} type orthorhombic perovskite structure (space group Pnma) where the Fe and Mn ions are disordered at the 4b crystallographic site. Upon substitution of Mn at the Fe-site in the canted antiferromagnetic YFeO{sub 3} (T{sub N}=640 K), a first-order spin-reorientation transition occurs at a temperature, T{sub SR}, where the magnetic structure changes from the canted to a collinear state. With increasing Mn-concentration, T{sub SR} increases whereas T{sub N} decreases. Neutron diffraction studies on the x=0.4 sample reveal that the spin structure changes from {Gamma}{sub 4} to {Gamma}{sub 1} below T{sub SR}. Intriguingly, when x=0.4 and 0.45, a temperature-induced magnetization reversal is observed below a compensation temperature T{sup Low-Asterisk} (T{sup Low-Asterisk }
- OSTI ID:
- 22131206
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 197; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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