Magnetic Structures of Some Multiferroics

Abstract

We studied crystal and magnetic structures of some composite and single-phase multiferroics: (x)MFe2O4 + (1-x)BaTiO3, Ni3-yCoyV2O8, and Bi0.9Ba0.1Fe0.9Ti0.1O3. Composite multiferroics (x)MFe2O4 + (1-x)BaTiO3 with x = (0.2; 0.3; 0.4) and M = (Ni, Co) have ferrimagnetic structure, which is described by the propagation vector k = 0. Oxides Ni3-yCoyV2O8 with y = (0.1; 0.3; 0.5) possess a modulated magnetic structure, described by the vector k = (δ, 0, 0), where δ = 0.283 and 0.348 at 7.4 K for y = 0.1 and 0.5, respectively. In the Bi0.9Ba0.1Fe0.9Ti0.1O3 multiferroic a magnetic order is destroyed at 600 K and the Fe-ion magnetic moment decreases from µ = 3.46(5) μB at 300 K to zero at 600 K.

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