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Room-temperature paramagnetoelectric effect in magnetoelectric multiferroics Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 and its solid solution with PbTiO3

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We have observed the magnetoelectric (ME) response at room temperature and above in high-resistive ceramics made of multiferroic Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 (PFN) and PFN-based solid solution 0.91PFN-0.09PbTiO3 (PFN-PT). The value of the paramagnetoelectric (PME) coefficient shows a pronounced maximum near the ferroelectric-to-paraelectric phase transition temperature, T C, and then decreases sharply to zero for T > T C. The maximal PME coefficient in PFN is about 4 × 10−18 s/A. The theoretical description of the PME effect, within the framework of a Landau theory of phase transitions allowing for realistic temperature dependences of spontaneous polarization, dielectric and magnetic susceptibilities, qualitatively reproduces well the temperature dependence of the PME coefficient. In particular, the Landau theory predicts the significant increase of the PME effect at low temperatures and near the temperature of the paraelectric-to-ferroelectric phase transition, since the PME coefficient is equal to the product of the spontaneous polarization, dielectric permittivity, square of magnetic susceptibility, and the coefficient quantifying the strength of the biquadratic ME coupling. An atomistic technique is further developed and used to further demonstrate that the PME effect can also be sensitive to the frequency of the applied magnetic field (when this frequency is of the order of GHz).

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Acknowledgements

The research was supported by the GA CR under Project No. 13-11473S, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project 14-02-90438_Ukr_a), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Grant No. 07-02-14), and the Ministry of education and science of Russian Federation (Research Project 2132). S.P. and L.B. acknowledge the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant FA9550-16-1-0065 and the Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract ER-46612.

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  1. Institute of Physics AS CR, Cukrovarnicka 10, 162 53, Prague, Czech Republic

    V. V. Laguta

  2. Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 46, pr. Nauky, Kyiv, 03028, Ukraine

    A. N. Morozovska

  3. Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Krjijanovskogo 3, Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine

    V. V. Laguta & E. A. Eliseev

  4. Research Institute of Physics and Physical Faculty, Southern Federal University, Stachki Ave. 194, 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    I. P. Raevski, S. I. Raevskaya, E. I. Sitalo & S. A. Prosandeev

  5. Physics Department and Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA

    S. A. Prosandeev & L. Bellaiche

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Laguta, V.V., Morozovska, A.N., Eliseev, E.A. et al. Room-temperature paramagnetoelectric effect in magnetoelectric multiferroics Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 and its solid solution with PbTiO3 . J Mater Sci 51, 5330–5342 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-9836-4

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