Direct atomic scale determination of magnetic ion partition in a room temperature multiferroic material

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dc.contributor.authorKeeney, Lynette
dc.contributor.authorDowning, Clive
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Michael
dc.contributor.authorPemble, Martyn E.
dc.contributor.authorNicolosi, Valeria
dc.contributor.authorWhatmore, Roger W.
dc.contributor.funderRoyal Societyen
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-03T11:12:29Z
dc.date.available2019-04-03T11:12:29Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-11
dc.date.updated2019-03-26T09:09:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe five-layer Aurivillius phase Bi6TixFeyMnzO18 system is a rare example of a single-phase room temperature multiferroic material. To optimise its properties and exploit it for future memory storage applications, it is necessary to understand the origin of the room temperature magnetisation. In this work we use high resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy, EDX and EELS to discover how closely-packed Ti/Mn/Fe cations of similar atomic number are arranged, both within the perfect structure and within defect regions. Direct evidence for partitioning of the magnetic cations (Mn and Fe) to the central three of the five perovskite (PK) layers is presented, which reveals a marked preference for Mn to partition to the central layer. We infer this is most probably due to elastic strain energy considerations. The observed increase (>8%) in magnetic cation content at the central PK layers engenders up to a 90% increase in potential ferromagnetic spin alignments in the central layer and this could be significant in terms of creating pathways to the long-range room temperature magnetic order observed in this distinct and intriguing material system.en
dc.description.sponsorshipRoyal Society and Science Foundation Ireland (University Research Fellowship UF 140263)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid1737en
dc.identifier.citationKeeney, L., Downing, C., Schmidt, M., Pemble, M. E., Nicolosi, V. and Whatmore, R. W. (2017) 'Direct atomic scale determination of magnetic ion partition in a room temperature multiferroic material', Scientific Reports, 7, 1737, (11 pp). doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01902-1en
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-017-01902-1en
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
dc.identifier.journaltitleScientific Reportsen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7697
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2278/IE/Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research Centre (AMBER)/en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01902-1
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dc.subjectSite percolation thresholdsen
dc.subjectAurivillius phaseen
dc.subjectThin filmsen
dc.subjectComplex neighborhoodsen
dc.subjectLattice siteen
dc.subjectOxidesen
dc.subjectFerroelectricsen
dc.subjectStabilizationen
dc.subjectBi5FeTI3O15en
dc.subjectMorphologyen
dc.titleDirect atomic scale determination of magnetic ion partition in a room temperature multiferroic materialen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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