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Mn substitution-induced revival of the ferroelectric antiferromagnetic phase in Bi1−x Ca x FeO3−x/2 multiferroics

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Room-temperature X-ray diffraction, piezoresponse force microscopy, and SQUID magnetometry measurements of the Bi0.9Ca0.1Fe1−y Mn y O3 (0 ≤ y ≤ 0.5) ferromanganites have been carried out to illustrate the effect of B-site substitution on the crystal structure and multiferroic properties of the Ca-doped compound representing an intermediate ferroelectric and weak ferromagnetic phase of the Bi1−x Ca x FeO3−x/2 perovskites. The Mn doping has been shown to restore multiferroic behavior specific to pure BiFeO3. Indeed, the 0.1 ≤ y ≤ 0.4 samples have been found to possess a single-phase rhombohedral structure compatible with the ferroelectric polarization and antiferromagnetism. Further increase of the Mn concentration stabilizes an orthorhombic structure typical of the high-pressure antiferroelectric phase of the BiFe1−y Mn y O3 perovskites. These results, particularly important from the viewpoint of understanding the origin of weak ferromagnetism in the Bi1−x Ca x FeO3−x/2 system, are discussed using a model accounting for the doping-related defect formation.

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This work was supported by funds from FEDER (Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade COMPETE) and from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia under the project PEst-C/FIS/UI0036/2014. Access to TAIL-UC facility funded under QREN-Mais Centro Project ICT_2009_02_012_1890 is gratefully acknowledged.

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Khomchenko, V.A., Pereira, L.C.J. & Paixão, J.A. Mn substitution-induced revival of the ferroelectric antiferromagnetic phase in Bi1−x Ca x FeO3−x/2 multiferroics. J Mater Sci 50, 1740–1745 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8735-9

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