Low Dimensional Magnetic Lattice and Room Temperature Magneto(di)electric Effect in Polyanion Ruddlesden-Popper Iron Oxides

Sourav Marik; Bruno Gonano; Fabien Veillon; Denis Pelloquin; Guillaume Clet; Yohann Bréard

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01409

Low Dimensional Magnetic Lattice and Room Temperature Magneto(di)electric Effect in Polyanion Ruddlesden-Popper Iron Oxides

Inorg Chem. 2019 Sep 3;58(17):11561-11568. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01409. Epub 2019 Aug 9.

Authors

Sourav Marik¹, Bruno Gonano¹, Fabien Veillon¹, Denis Pelloquin¹, Guillaume Clet², Yohann Bréard¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory Crismat, UMR6508 CNRS , Normandie University , ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, 6 bd Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen cedex 4, France.
² Normandie University , ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, LCS, 14000 Caen , France.

PMID: 31398013
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01409

Abstract

We have shown a new design strategy which exploits different oxyanions in a Ruddlesden-Popper (RP)-type phase to modulate the local crystal structure and magnetic lattice. Material (Sr₄Fe₂(SO₄)_0.5O_6.5) with the larger voluminous oxyanion (SO₄, S-O distance = 1.49 Å) as separating blocks between magnetic FeO layers shows a two-dimensional magnetic lattice. A three-dimensional magnetic lattice and spin reorientation transition is observed for the Sr₄Fe₂(CO₃)O₆, having CO₃ (C-O distance = 1.25 Å), a smaller oxyanion, as a separating layer. Using mixed oxyanions (SO₄ and CO₃) in the central perovskite block of the RP3 phase, we have demonstrated a facile strategy to modulate the local crystal structure. The modulated displacement of the magnetic cations, which can break the local centrosymmetry, is suggested to originate the magnetodielectric effect near the magnetic ordering temperatures (higher than room temperature). Further, all CO₃ containing samples show magnetodielectric coupling below room temperature due to the spin reorientation transition. The room temperature magnetodielectric effect coupled to the targeted local modulation of the crystal structure by oxyanions (in the absence of second-order Jahn-Teller active "distortion centers") opens a new door to the design of new multifunctional materials with the possibility for the room temperature application.