Phase diagram for Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (x $<$ 0.5)

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Abstract

The multiferroic BiMnO3 system, in which ferroelectronic and ferromagnetic orders can coexist, has attracted much research work in the past years for its potential technological applications. For the more general system Bi1-xCaxMnO3, the phase diagram for the Ca rich region (x $>$ 0.4) has been established [1]. In order to understand the multiferroic behavior near the x=0 system, the hole-doped region (0$<$x$<$0.5) was investigated. We have completed the magnetic, transport, and structural phase diagram of Bi1-xCaxMnO3, by performing detailed structural (XRD and XAFS), magnetization (ZFC/FC) and electrical measurements on Bi1-xCaxMnO3 (0$<$x$<$0.5), showing the transition form the highly distorted monoclinic phase to the orthorhombic phase. This work is supported by NSF DMR-0512196. \newline \newline [1] H. Woo, T. A. Tyson, M. Croft, S. W. Cheong, and J. C. Woicik, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 63, 134412/1 (2001).

Authors

  • Yuhai Qin

    New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • T. A. Tyson

    New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJIT, New Jersey Institute of Technology - Newark

  • SangWook Cheong

    Department of Physics \& Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, Physics Department, Rutgers University, Rutgers University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, Department of Physics, Rutgers, Rutgers Univ.

  • Xiaonong Xu

    Nanjing University