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Tunable magnetic and electrical behaviors in perovskite oxides by oxygen octahedral tilting

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The oxides with perovskite structure possess abundant physical properties, such as magnetism, dielectricity, photoelectricity, ferroelectricity, etc. The oxygen ions in the perovskite unit cell constitute an octahedral distribution. The deformation or tilting of the special oxygen octahedra structure leads to new performances or properties change. Here, we give a review of the relationship between magnetic and electrical behaviors and oxygen octahedral tilting in several typical perovskite oxides. An understanding of how to tune these properties by controlling the tilting during the sample growth can more effectively guide the design of new structures for high performance and inspiring their potential applications.

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钙钛矿结构氧化物具有极其多样化的物理性能, 如磁性、介电性、光电性、铁电性等. 钙钛矿晶胞中的氧离子排布成八面 体结构. 氧八面体的变形或旋转会改变原有的物理特性, 甚至产生原本不存在的新性能. 本文综述了几种典型钙钛矿氧化物的氧八面 体旋转与磁性能和电性能的关系, 同时探讨了如何通过样品制备控制微观的八面体旋转, 从而更有效的设计具有高性能的新结构, 及 其潜在应用.

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Ya Gao received her BSc degree from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2011. And then she joined Prof. Nan’s group as a PhD candidate. Her research interests focus on multiferroic magnetoelectric materials and their applications in the field of memories and spintronic devices.

Yuanhua Lin is “Changjiang Scholar” distinguished professor of Materials Science at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He received his BSc degree from East China Institute of Technology, MSc degree from the Chemical and Metallurgic Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and PhD degree from Tsinghua University. He was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science scholar at the University of Tokyo in 2005. His main research interests are functional oxide-based ceramics and thin films including high dielectric constant ceramics and thin films for high energy density capacitors applications, high-temperature oxide thermoelectric materials and devices for energy conversion.

Cewen Nan is a professor of Materials Science at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Before joining the faculty of Tsinghua University in 1999, he had worked in Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, since 1985. He was elected academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and the Third-World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2012. His recent research focuses on functional materials, including multiferroic magnetoelectric materials, thermoelectric oxides, functional polymer-based composites, and solid state electrolytes.

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Gao, Y., Wang, J., Wu, L. et al. Tunable magnetic and electrical behaviors in perovskite oxides by oxygen octahedral tilting. Sci. China Mater. 58, 302–312 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-015-0047-0

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