Rare earth chromites: a new family of multiferroics
Journal of Materials Chemistry 17(1): 42-44
Article 2006 English
Authors
JS
Jyoti Ranjan Sahu
CS
Claudy Rayan Serrao
NR
Nirat Ray
Abstract
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Heavy rare earth chromites of the formula LnCrO3 with Ln = Ho, Er, Yb, Lu and Y are shown to be multiferroic, exhibiting canted antiferromagnetism at low temperatures (TN = 113–140 K) and a ferroelectric transition in the 472–516 K range.
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