Rare earth chromites:a new family of multiferroics

Sahu, Jyoti Ranjan and Serrao, Claudy Rayan and Ray, Nirat and Waghmare, Umesh V and Rao, CNR (2007) Rare earth chromites:a new family of multiferroics. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17 . pp. 42-44.

PDF cnr.pdf Restricted to Registered users only Download (365kB) | Request a copy

Abstract

Heavy rare earth chromites of the formula $LnCrO_3$ with Ln = Ho, Er, Yb, Lu and Y are shown to be multiferroic, exhibiting canted antiferromagnetism at low temperatures ($T_N$ = 113–140 K) and a ferroelectric transition in the 472–516 K range.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Materials Chemistry
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/15168

Actions (login required)

View Item