Magnetic structure and multiferroicity of Sc-substituted hexagonal YbFeO3

Tang, Y. S.; Wang, S. M.; Lin, L.; Garlea, Vasile Ovidiu; Zou, Tao; Zheng, S. H.; Zhang, H. -M.; Zhou, J. T.; Luo, Z. L.; Yan, Z. B.; Dong, Shuai; Charlton, Timothy R.; Liu, J. -M.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.103.174102

Title: Magnetic structure and multiferroicity of Sc-substituted hexagonal YbFeO₃

Journal Article · Thu May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.103.174102· OSTI ID:1818953

Tang, Y. S. ^[1]; Wang, S. M. ^[1];

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^[2]; Zou, Tao ^[3]; Zheng, S. H. ^[1]; Zhang, H. -M. ^[4]; Zhou, J. T. ^[5];

^[5]; Yan, Z. B. ^[1];

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^[2]; Liu, J. -M. ^[1]

Nanjing Univ. (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Shangdong Normal Univ., Jinan (China)
Southeast Univ., Nanjing (China)
Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)

The hexagonal rare-earth ferrite RFeO₃ family represents a unique class of multiferroics exhibiting weak ferromagnetism, and a strong coupling between magnetism and structural trimerization is predicted. However, the hexagonal structure for RFeO₃ remains metastable in conventional conditions. We have succeeded in stabilizing the hexagonal structure of polycrystalline YbFeO₃ by partial Sc substitution of Yb. Using bulk magnetometry and neutron diffraction, we find that Yb_0.42Sc_0.58FeO₃ orders into a canted antiferromagnetic state with the Néel temperature T_N ~ 165K, below which the Fe³⁺ moments form the triangular configuration in the ab plane and their in-plane projections are parallel to the [100] axis, consistent with magnetic space group P6₃c'm'. It is determined that the spin canting is aligned along the c axis, giving rise to the weak ferromagnetism. Furthermore, the Fe³⁺ moments reorient toward a new direction below reorientation temperature T_R ~ 40K, satisfying magnetic subgroup P6₃, while the Yb³⁺ moments order independently and ferrimagnetically along the c axis at the characteristic temperature T_Yb ~ 15K. Interestingly, reproducible modulation of electric polarization induced by magnetic field at low temperature is achieved, suggesting that the delicate structural distortion associated with two-up/one-down buckling of the Yb/Sc planes and tilting of the FeO₅ bipyramids may mediate the coupling between ferroelectric and magnetic orders under magnetic field. Furthermore, the present work represents substantial progress to search for high-temperature multiferroics in hexagonal ferrites and related materials.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1818953

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 103, Issue 17; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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