Crystal growth and magnetic properties of GdFeO3 crystals by floating zone method

• In the present work, the floating zone growth of GdFeO3 crystals has been systematically investigated and high quality GdFeO3 crystal was obtained by optimized process.
• The intrinsic magnetic properties of GdFeO3 crystal were investigated, GdFeO3 crystal displayed paramagnetic characteristic at low temperature, as temperature increased, there is a transition from paramagnetism to antiferromagnetism in GdFeO3 crystal.

GdFeO3 and other rare earth substituted crystals with distorted orthorhombic pervoskite-like structure (space group Pbnm) have attracted much attention due to their remarkable magnetic properties of primary significance for technological applications. In the present work, the floating zone growth of GdFeO3 crystals has been systematically investigated and high quality GdFeO3 crystal was obtained by optimized process. The intrinsic magnetic properties of GdFeO3 crystal were investigated. GdFeO3 crystal displayed paramagnetic characteristic at low temperature, as temperature increased, a transition from paramagnetism to antiferromagnetism was observed.