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JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 370-375Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(12)60288-9
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structural distortion; spin-reorientation; G-type antiferromagnet; rare earths
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India [SR/FTP/PS-065/2011]
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Polycrystalline BiFeO3 and rare earth substituted Bi0.9R0.1FeO3 (BRFO, R=Y, Ho and Er) compounds were prepared by rapid solid state sintering technique. Structural phase analysis indicated that all the compounds stabilized in rhombohedral structure (R3c space group) and a small orthorhombic phase fraction was observed in BRFO compounds. From the Raman spectra results, the changes in the phonon frequencies (A(1)) and line widths suggested lattice distortion in the BRFO compounds as was evidenced in the XRD analysis. Compared to the linear variation of magnetization with magnetic field (M-H) shown by BFO, an obvious M-H loop was observed in BRFO compounds which could be due to the suppression of space modulated spin structure and was explained on the basis of weak ferromagnetism and field induced spin reorientation. UV-Vis spectroscopy evidenced a change in local FeO6 environment due to shift in the (6)A(1g) -> T-4(2g) energy transition band. BRFO compounds with improved remnant magnetization and coercive field are applicable for magnetoelectric devices.
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