scholarly journals Femtoscale Magnetically Induced Lattice Distortions in Multiferroic TbMnO3

Science ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 333 (6047) ◽  
pp. 1273-1276 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Walker ◽  
F. Fabrizi ◽  
L. Paolasini ◽  
F. de Bergevin ◽  
J. Herrero-Martin ◽  
...  

Magneto-electric multiferroics exemplified by TbMnO3 possess both magnetic and ferroelectric long-range order. The magnetic order is mostly understood, whereas the nature of the ferroelectricity has remained more elusive. Competing models proposed to explain the ferroelectricity are associated respectively with charge transfer and ionic displacements. Exploiting the magneto-electric coupling, we used an electric field to produce a single magnetic domain state, and a magnetic field to induce ionic displacements. Under these conditions, interference between charge and magnetic x-ray scattering arose, encoding the amplitude and phase of the displacements. When combined with a theoretical analysis, our data allow us to resolve the ionic displacements at the femtoscale, and show that such displacements make a substantial contribution to the zero-field ferroelectric moment.

1999 ◽  
Vol 590 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. v. Zimmermann ◽  
J.P. Hill ◽  
Doon Gibbs ◽  
M. Blume ◽  
D. Casa ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe report resonant x-ray scattering studies of charge and orbital order in Prl−xCaxMnO3 with x=0.4 and 0.5. Below the ordering temperature, To=245 K, the charge and orbital order intensities follow the same temperature dependence, including an increase at the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature, TN. High resolution measurements reveal, however, that long range orbital order is never achieved. Rather, an orbital domain state is formed. Above To, the charge order fluctuations are more highly correlated than the orbital fluctuations. We conclude that the charge order drives the orbital order at the transition.


2017 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas P. Breznay ◽  
Alejandro Ruiz ◽  
Alex Frano ◽  
Wenli Bi ◽  
Robert J. Birgeneau ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Spezzani ◽  
Mauro Fabrizioli ◽  
Patrizio Candeloro ◽  
Enzo Di Fabrizio ◽  
Giancarlo Panaccione ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 106 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Konings ◽  
C. Schüßler-Langeheine ◽  
H. Ott ◽  
E. Weschke ◽  
E. Schierle ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (9) ◽  
pp. 093704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chihiro Tabata ◽  
Takeshi Matsumura ◽  
Hironori Nakao ◽  
Shinji Michimura ◽  
Masashi Kakihana ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 233 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Yakhou ◽  
A. Létoublon ◽  
F. Livet ◽  
M. de Boissieu ◽  
F. Bley

1986 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Richards ◽  
J. T. Mullin

Linear triblock copolymers of styrene and isoprene with isoprene as the centre block are microphase separated elastomers in the solid state. The styrene blocks form domains of regular morphology 1arranged on a paracrystalline lattice with considerable long range order. Domain symmetry is chiefly determined by the composition of the block copolymer; only cylindrical domain geometry is dealt with here. Three levels of organisation can be recognised.


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