Magnetic and dielectric properties of HoMnO3 nanoparticles synthesized by the polymerized complex method

In this paper, we report on the magnetic and dielectric properties of HoMnO3 nanoparticles with different size synthesized by a polymerized complex method have been investigated. The HoMnO3 nanoparticles crystallized in hexagonal perovskite-type structure. The zero-field-cooled magnetic susceptibility curve of HoMnO3 nanoparticles with averaged size of 30 nm shows that complicated magnetic transitions occurred in a temperature range from 2 to 100 K, which was confirmed by magnetic hysteresis loops. With increasing the particle size, the antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition temperature increases from 56 to 77 K, due to the reduced surface-to-volume ratio. Moreover, with a decrease in particle size, the Mn-spin reorientation temperature (TSR) is enhanced from 44 to 48 K.