Rare earth chromites: a new family of multiferroics

Jyoti Ranjan Sahu, Claudy Rayan Serrao, Nirat Ray, Umesh V. Waghmare, C. N. R. Rao

Journal of Materials Chemistry · 2006 · 232 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

Heavy rare earth chromites of the formula LnCrO3 with Ln = Ho, Er, Yb, Lu and Y are shown to be multiferroic, exhibiting canted antiferromagnetism at low temperatures (TN = 113–140 K) and a ferroelectric transition in the 472–516 K range.

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