Lattice symmetry breaking transition and critical size limit for ferroic orders in nanophase BiFeO3

Petkov, Valeri; Shastri, Sarvjit

doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.054121

Title: Lattice symmetry breaking transition and critical size limit for ferroic orders in nanophase BiFeO3

Journal Article · 29 August 2021 · Physical Review B

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.054121 · OSTI ID:1819659

^[1]; Shastri, Sarvjit ^[2]

Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Finite size effects on the ferroic orders in BiFeO₃ are studied by atomic pair distribution function analysis and magnetic measurements. While bulk rhombohedral BiFeO₃ exhibits ferroelectricity and antiferromagnetism with a cycloidal magnetic moment arrangement leading to zero magnetization and weak magnetoelectric coupling, BiFeO₃ nanoparticles with a size smaller than the spin cycloid period of 62 nm preserve their polar rhombohedral structure and develop ferromagnetism, thus exhibiting coexisting polarization and nonzero magnetization that enhances the magnetoelectric coupling. When the nanoparticles become smaller than 17 nm, however, their crystal lattice expands and becomes nonpolar cubic. They also become superparamagnetic and thus simultaneously cease exhibiting both ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism. Our findings shed light on the interaction between the lattice structure and ferroic orders in nanophase perovskites and also provide a rare example of a lattice symmetry breaking phase transition that determines their critical size.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0021973

OSTI ID:: 1819659

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 104; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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