2005/08/18 by B. Lorenz, C. R. dela Cruz, Lorenz, B. +12
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Multiferroics and related materials #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0508422
Proceedings of the ACERS Annual Meeting, April 2005
arxiv created 2005/08/18 · openalex publication_date 2005/08/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Multiferroic rare earth manganites attracted recent attention because of the coexistence of different types of magnetic and ferroelectric orders resulting in complex phase diagrams and a wealth of physical phenomena. The coupling and mutual interference of the different orders and the large magnetoelectric effect observed in several compounds are of fundamental interest and bear the potential for future applications in which the dielectric (magnetic) properties can be modified by the onset of a magnetic (dielectric) transition or the application of a magnetic (electric) field. The physical mechanisms of the magnetoelectric effect and the origin of ferroelectric order at magnetic transitions have yet to be explored. We discuss multiferroic phenomena in the hexagonal HoMnO3 and show that the strong magneto-dielectric coupling is intimately related to the lattice strain induced by unusually large spin-phonon correlations.