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Structure and physical properties of Eu0.8Y0.2MnO3 ceramics

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This work is addressed to study the crystal structure and morphology, as well as the thermodynamic, dielectric and magnetic properties of Eu0.8Y0.2MnO3 ceramics, synthesized by urea sol-gel combustion method. The experimental results were systematically compared with data available for the corresponding single crystals. Though the effect of the anisotropy on both dielectric and magnetic properties is missing, they enabled us to investigate the main physical mechanisms associated with their magnetoelectric properties, in particular the one which drives the ferroelectric phase. The phase sequence and critical temperatures are in good agreement with the corresponding values reported for single crystals. Similarly, structural results evidence strong distortions of the crystal lattice, enhancing the ferromagnetic interactions over the antiferomagnetic ones. A significant contribution of the magnetic fluctuations above TN was also evidenced from the magnetization studies.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, through the Project PTDC/CTM/67575/2006 and by Program Alβan, the European Union Program of High Level Scholarships for Latin America (scholarship no. E06D100894BR).

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  1. IFIMUP and IN- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Departamento de Física e Astronomia da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    J. Agostinho Moreira, A. Almeida, W. S. Ferreira, M. R. Chaves, J. B. Oliveira, J. M. Machado da Silva & M. A. Sá

  2. Centro de Química, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    S. M. F. Vilela & P. B. Tavares

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Moreira, J.A., Almeida, A., Ferreira, W.S. et al. Structure and physical properties of Eu0.8Y0.2MnO3 ceramics. J Electroceram 25, 203–211 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-010-9616-5

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