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Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)]
(ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] represents a promising example of the hybrid molecular/inorganic approach to create materials with strong magneto-electric coupling. Neutron spherical polarimetry, which is directly sensitive to the absolute magnetic configuration and domain population, has been used in th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6045669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30006614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28883-z |
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author | Rodríguez-Velamazán, J. Alberto Fabelo, Oscar Campo, Javier Rodríguez-Carvajal, Juan Qureshi, Navid Chapon, Laurent C. |
author_facet | Rodríguez-Velamazán, J. Alberto Fabelo, Oscar Campo, Javier Rodríguez-Carvajal, Juan Qureshi, Navid Chapon, Laurent C. |
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description | (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] represents a promising example of the hybrid molecular/inorganic approach to create materials with strong magneto-electric coupling. Neutron spherical polarimetry, which is directly sensitive to the absolute magnetic configuration and domain population, has been used in this work to unambiguously prove the multiferroicity of this material. We demonstrate that the application of an electric field upon cooling results in the stabilization of a single-cycloidal magnetic domain below 6.9 K, while poling in the opposite electric field direction produces the full population of the domain with opposite magnetic chirality. We prove the complete switchability of the magnetic domains at low temperature by the applied electric field, which constitutes a direct proof of the strong magnetoelectric coupling. Additionally, we refine the magnetic structure of the ordered ground state, deducing the underlying magnetic space group consistent with the direction of the ferroelectric polarization, and we provide evidence of a collinear amplitude-modulated state with magnetic moments along the a-axis in the temperature region between 6.9 and 7.2 K. |
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spelling | pubmed-60456692018-07-16 Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] Rodríguez-Velamazán, J. Alberto Fabelo, Oscar Campo, Javier Rodríguez-Carvajal, Juan Qureshi, Navid Chapon, Laurent C. Sci Rep Article (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] represents a promising example of the hybrid molecular/inorganic approach to create materials with strong magneto-electric coupling. Neutron spherical polarimetry, which is directly sensitive to the absolute magnetic configuration and domain population, has been used in this work to unambiguously prove the multiferroicity of this material. We demonstrate that the application of an electric field upon cooling results in the stabilization of a single-cycloidal magnetic domain below 6.9 K, while poling in the opposite electric field direction produces the full population of the domain with opposite magnetic chirality. We prove the complete switchability of the magnetic domains at low temperature by the applied electric field, which constitutes a direct proof of the strong magnetoelectric coupling. Additionally, we refine the magnetic structure of the ordered ground state, deducing the underlying magnetic space group consistent with the direction of the ferroelectric polarization, and we provide evidence of a collinear amplitude-modulated state with magnetic moments along the a-axis in the temperature region between 6.9 and 7.2 K. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6045669/ /pubmed/30006614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28883-z Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Rodríguez-Velamazán, J. Alberto Fabelo, Oscar Campo, Javier Rodríguez-Carvajal, Juan Qureshi, Navid Chapon, Laurent C. Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] |
title | Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] |
title_full | Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] |
title_fullStr | Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] |
title_full_unstemmed | Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] |
title_short | Switching of the Chiral Magnetic Domains in the Hybrid Molecular/Inorganic Multiferroic (ND(4))(2)[FeCl(5)(D(2)O)] |
title_sort | switching of the chiral magnetic domains in the hybrid molecular/inorganic multiferroic (nd(4))(2)[fecl(5)(d(2)o)] |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6045669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30006614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28883-z |
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