Title
Magnetic and transport properties assisted by local distortions in Bi<inf>2</inf>Mn<inf>4</inf>O<inf>10</inf> and Bi<inf>2</inf>Fe<inf>4</inf>O<inf>9</inf> multiferroic compounds
Date Issued
05 December 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal Do ABC
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
We have performed a comprehensive study on the magnetic and electrical properties through macroscopic and local characterizations on Bi2Mn4O10 and Bi2Fe4O9. An analysis of the temperature evolution of local distortions, which was obtained by perturbed angular correlation measurements, revealed an anomalous behavior of the quadrupolar frequency and asymmetry parameter below the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature for both samples. The combined results suggest correlations between magnetic, electric, and elastic interactions. At high temperature, we have observed that the hopping frequency and activation energy in the electrical transport mechanism are close related to hyperfine parameters, electrical field gradient and asymmetry parameter, due to modifications in the equilibrium positions of oxygen atoms conforming octahedral, pyramidal, and tetrahedral environments. Anharmonic lattice effects are much more pronounced in a temperature range close to room temperature.
Start page
405
End page
413
Volume
651
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias naturales
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84940378785
Source
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
ISSN of the container
09258388
Sponsor(s)
This material is based upon work supported by the Brazilian agency CNPq under grants No. 485405/2011-3 , 305772/2011-2 , and 455092/2014-1 and Fapesp under grant No. 2013/16172-5 .
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