Strain-induced tetragonal distortions and multiferroic properties in polycrystalline ( ) perovskites
Abstract
Here, we report a comprehensive structure-property phase diagram of unique single-ion type-1 multiferroic pseudocubic Sr1-xBaxMnO3 perovskites. Employing a specially designed multi-step reduction-oxidation synthesis technique, we describe the successful synthesis of previously unknown Sr1-xBaxMnO3 compositions in their polycrystalline form with a significantly extended Ba solubility limit that is only rivaled by a very limited number of crystals and thin films grown under non-equilibrium conditions. Understanding the multiferroic interplay with structure in Sr1-xBaxMnO3 is of great importance as it opens the door wide to the development of newer materials from the parent (AA’)(BB’) O3 system with enhanced properties. To this end, using a combination of time-of-flight neutron and synchrotron x-ray scattering techniques, we determined the exact structures and quantified the Mn and oxygen polar distortions above and below TC and TN. In its ferroelectric state, the system crystalizes in the noncentrosymmetric tetragonal P4mm space group which gives rise to a large electric dipole moment Ps, in the z-direction, of 18.4 and 29.5 µC/cm2 for x = 0.43 and 0.45, respectively. The two independently driven ferroelectric and magnetic order parameters are single-handedly accommodated by the Mn sublattice leading to a novel strain-assisted multiferroic behavior in agreement with many theoretical predictions. Our neutron diffractionmore »
- Authors:
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- Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1439880
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1437518
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; antiferromagnetism; ferroelectricity; magnetism; structural properties; neutron diffraction
Citation Formats
Somaily, H., Kolesnik, S., Mais, J., Brown, D., Chapagain, K., Dabrowski, B., and Chmaissem, O. Strain-induced tetragonal distortions and multiferroic properties in polycrystalline Sr1-xBaxMnO3 ( x=0.43-0.45 ) perovskites. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.054408.
Somaily, H., Kolesnik, S., Mais, J., Brown, D., Chapagain, K., Dabrowski, B., & Chmaissem, O. Strain-induced tetragonal distortions and multiferroic properties in polycrystalline Sr1-xBaxMnO3 ( x=0.43-0.45 ) perovskites. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.054408
Somaily, H., Kolesnik, S., Mais, J., Brown, D., Chapagain, K., Dabrowski, B., and Chmaissem, O. Thu .
"Strain-induced tetragonal distortions and multiferroic properties in polycrystalline Sr1-xBaxMnO3 ( x=0.43-0.45 ) perovskites". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.054408. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1439880.
@article{osti_1439880,
title = {Strain-induced tetragonal distortions and multiferroic properties in polycrystalline Sr1-xBaxMnO3 ( x=0.43-0.45 ) perovskites},
author = {Somaily, H. and Kolesnik, S. and Mais, J. and Brown, D. and Chapagain, K. and Dabrowski, B. and Chmaissem, O.},
abstractNote = {Here, we report a comprehensive structure-property phase diagram of unique single-ion type-1 multiferroic pseudocubic Sr1-xBaxMnO3 perovskites. Employing a specially designed multi-step reduction-oxidation synthesis technique, we describe the successful synthesis of previously unknown Sr1-xBaxMnO3 compositions in their polycrystalline form with a significantly extended Ba solubility limit that is only rivaled by a very limited number of crystals and thin films grown under non-equilibrium conditions. Understanding the multiferroic interplay with structure in Sr1-xBaxMnO3 is of great importance as it opens the door wide to the development of newer materials from the parent (AA’)(BB’) O3 system with enhanced properties. To this end, using a combination of time-of-flight neutron and synchrotron x-ray scattering techniques, we determined the exact structures and quantified the Mn and oxygen polar distortions above and below TC and TN. In its ferroelectric state, the system crystalizes in the noncentrosymmetric tetragonal P4mm space group which gives rise to a large electric dipole moment Ps, in the z-direction, of 18.4 and 29.5 µC/cm2 for x = 0.43 and 0.45, respectively. The two independently driven ferroelectric and magnetic order parameters are single-handedly accommodated by the Mn sublattice leading to a novel strain-assisted multiferroic behavior in agreement with many theoretical predictions. Our neutron diffraction results demonstrate the large and tunable suppression of the ferroelectric order at the onset of AFM ordering and confirm the coexistence and strong coupling of the two ferroic orders below TN. The refined magnetic moments confirm the strong covalent bonding between Mn and the oxygen anions which is necessary for stabilizing the ferroelectric phase.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.054408},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 5,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {5}
}
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