Structural, dielectric, antiferromagnetic, and thermal properties of the frustrated hexagonal Ho1-xErxMnO3 manganites
Structural, dielectric, antiferromagnetic, and thermal properties of the frustrated hexagonal Ho1-xErxMnO3 manganites
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.83.144404
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发表时间:
2011-04
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Peng Liu;Xiaolin Wang;Zhenxiang Cheng;Y. Du;H. Kimura
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作者:
Peng Liu;Xiaolin Wang;Zhenxiang Cheng;Y. Du;H. Kimura
The Er doping effects on the structural, dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic, and thermal properties of the hexagonal HoErMnO(0 ⩽⩽ 1) compounds synthesized by the solid-state reaction method have been investigated by Rietveld refinement and by measurements of dielectric constant, ferroelectric hysteresis loops, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat. Thelattice parameter decreases as the Er content increases, whereas thelattice parameter nearly keeps constant with pretty minor fluctuations. Dielectric data and ferroelectric hysteresis loops show all the samples are not only ferroelectric materials with leaky nature, but also with dielectric relaxation related to oxygen vacancies. The magnetizations of these compounds gradually decrease with increasing Er content. The Mnions in each sample remain stable in the high-spin state in the Mn-Otrigonal bipyramidal crystal field. Specific heat measurements show that the antiferromagnetic transition temperature continuously rises from 72 K for HoMnOto 76 K for ErMnO. The Debye temperatures are 381 K for ErMnOand 422 K for HoMnO.