| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500859 | Scripta Materialia | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Investigation of crystal structure and multiferroic properties of polycrystalline Bi1–xSmxFeO3 (0.1 ⩽ x ⩽ 0.2) samples was performed by X-ray diffraction, piezoresponse force microscopy and SQUID-magnetometry techniques. It was shown that increasing samarium content induced a polar-to-nonpolar phase transition near x = 0.2. Within the polar region, a rhombohedral and two orthorhombic modifications of Bi1–xSmxFeO3 were found. It was shown that samarium substitution resulted in the appearance of spontaneous magnetization, which was significantly enhanced upon the composition-driven transition from a rhombohedral to an orthorhombic phase.
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Authors
V.A. Khomchenko, J.A. Paixão, V.V. Shvartsman, P. Borisov, W. Kleemann, D.V. Karpinsky, A.L. Kholkin,