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The electronic properties of SrTiO3-δ with oxygen vacancies or substitutions
2021
The authors would like to thank R. Dittmann for useful discussions, T. Kocourek, O. Pacherova, S. Cichon, V. Vetokhina, and P. Babor for their contributions to sample preparation and characterization. The authors (M.T., A.D.) acknowledge support from the Czech Science Foundation (Grant No. 19-09671S), the European Structural and Investment Funds and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic through Programme “Research, Development and Education” (Project No. SOLID21 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16-019/0000760). This study was partly supported by FLAG-ERA JTC project To2Dox (L.R. and E.K.). Calculations have been performed on the LASC Cluster in the Institute of Solid State Phy…
Effect of cobalt doping on the local structure and dynamics of multiferroic MnWO4and Mn0.7Co0.3WO4
2013
The local atomic structure and dynamics in multiferroic MnWO4 and Mn0.7Co0.3WO4 have been studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Co(Mn) K-edge and W L3-edge. The analysis of the first coordination shell of metal ions using single-shell Gaussian approximation and regularization-like method allowed us to determine a distortion of Mn(Co)O6 and WO6 octahedra. It was found that the local environment of Co2+ ions in Mn0.7Co0.3WO4 is close to that in CoWO4, whereas the presence of cobalt ions reduces the distortion of MnO6 octahedra in comparison with pure MnWO4.
NMR Study of Multiferroic Iron Niobate Perovskites
2015
NMR Study of Multiferroic Iron Niobate Perovskites K. Kou°il, V. Chlan, H. t¥pankova, R. ezni£ek, V.V. Laguta and I.P. Raevski Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, V Hole2ovi£kach 2, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic Institute of Physics AS CR, Cukrovarnicka 10, 162 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic Institute of Physics, Southern Federal University, Rostov on Don 344090, Russia We present Nb, Pb and Ba NMR study of multiferroic lead iron niobate and barium iron niobate ceramics. We ascribe development of NMR spectra on cooling below room temperature to magnetism of ferric ions close to resonating nuclei and introduce a framework capable of describing key features of t…
Lateral Electric‐Field‐Controlled Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy and Current‐Induced Magnetization Switching in Multiferroic Heterostructures
2020
Pressure effects on the electronic and optical properties ofAWO4wolframites (A =Cd, Mg, Mn, and Zn): The distinctive behavior of multiferroic MnWO4
2012
The electronic band-structure and band-gap dependence on the $d$ character of ${A}^{2+}$ cation in $A$WO${}_{4}$ wolframite-type oxides is investigated for different compounds ($A$ $=$ Mg, Zn, Cd, and Mn) by means of optical-absorption spectroscopy and first-principles density-functional calculations. High pressure is used to tune their properties up to 10 GPa by changing the bonding distances establishing electronic to structural correlations. The effect of unfilled $d$ levels is found to produce changes in the nature of the band gap as well as its pressure dependence without structural changes. Thus, whereas Mg, Zn, and Cd, with empty or filled $d$ electron shells, give rise to direct and…
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF LEAD FERROTANTALATE CERAMICS
2009
ABSTRACT Perovskite structures with high dielectric constants and magnetic properties play an important role in micro- and optoelectronics and have numerous practical applications. Relaxor type ferroelectric ceramics PbFe1/2Ta1/2O3 with perovskite structure was subject of present studies. Pyrochlore free lead ferrotantalate ceramics were produced by solid state technology from oxides. Low- and infra-low frequency studies of dielectric properties of PbFe1/2Ta1/2O3 ceramics have revealed considerable infra-low frequency dispersion at temperatures above the temperature of maximum dielectric permittivity. The observed dispersion described by lemniscates is due to a considerable Maxwell-Wagner r…
The Ba2LnFeNb4O15 “tetragonal tungsten bronze”: Towards RT composite multiferroics
2009
Several Niobium oxides of formula Ba2LnFeNb4O15 (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd) with the Tetragonal Tungsten Bronze (TTB) structure have been synthesised by conventional solid-state methods. The Neodymium, Samarium and Europium compounds are ferroelectric with Curie temperature ranging from 320 to 440K. The Praseodymium and Gadolinium compounds behave as relaxors below 170 and 300 K respectively. The Praseodymium, Neodymium, Samarium, Europium and Gadolinium compounds exhibit magnetic hysteresis loops at room temperature originating from traces of a barium ferrite secondary phase. The presence of both ferroelectric and magnetic hysteresis loops at room temperature allows considering these mat…
Local Structure of Multiferroic MnWO4 and Mn0.7Co0.3WO4 Revealed by the Evolutionary Algorithm
2015
A novel reverse Monte Carlo/evolutionary algorithm scheme was applied to the analysis of the W L3-edge and Mn(Co) K-edges EXAFS spectra from multiferroic MnWO4 and Mn0.7Co0.3WO4. A 3D structural model, consistent with the experimental data, was obtained, and the influence of composition and temperature on the local structure of tungstates is discussed.
Probing magnetism in 2D van der Waals crystalline insulators via electron tunneling
2018
Magnetic insulators are a key resource for next-generation spintronic and topological devices. The family of layered metal halides promises varied magnetic states, including ultrathin insulating multiferroics, spin liquids, and ferromagnets, but device-oriented characterization methods are needed to unlock their potential. Here, we report tunneling through the layered magnetic insulator CrI₃ as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field.We electrically detect the magnetic ground state and interlayer coupling and observe a fieldinducedmetamagnetic transition.The metamagnetic transition results in magnetoresistances of 95, 300, and 550% for bilayer, trilayer, and tetralayer CrI₃ bar…
Ultrafine MnWO4 nanoparticles and their magnetic properties
2015
Abstract Ultrafine nanoparticles of MnWO4, a compound showing low-temperature multiferroicity in the bulk, were synthesized by the polyol method. Studies using powder X-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, differential sedimentation and sorption techniques show the formation of a single-phase material, which is composed of MnWO4 nanoparticles with a prolate ellipsoidal shape (short axis of 4–5 nm, long axis of 11–12 nm) and an unprecedented high specific surface area of 166 m2 g−1. The as-prepared MnWO4 nanoparticles are readily crystalline after the liquid-phase synthesis. Temperature and field dependent magnetization measurements indica…