BARC/PUB/2013/0769

 
 

Phase stability of multiferroic GaFeO3 up to 1368 K from in situ neutron diffraction

 
     
 
Author(s)

Mishra, S. K.; Mittal, R.; Singh, R.; Zbiri, M.; Hansen, T.; Schober, H.
(SSPD)

Source

Journal of Applied Physics, 2013. Vol. 113 (17): pp. 174102.1-174102.5

ABSTRACT

We report a detailed high-temperature powder neutron diffraction investigation of the structural behavior of the multiferroic GaFeO3 between 296 and 1368 K. Temperature dependent neutron diffraction patterns do not show any appreciable change either in intensity or appearance/ disappearance of the observed peaks up to 1368 K, ruling out any structural transition in the entire temperature range. Evolution of the distortion of the oxygen polyhedra around Ga1, Ga2, Fe1, and Fe2 cations sites suggest that the Ga1-O tetrahedron is least distorted and Fe1-O is most distorted. Structural features regarding the distortion of polyhedral units would be crucial to understand the temperature dependence of the microscopic origin of polarizations. The electric polarization has been estimated using a simple ionic model and its value is found to decrease with increasing temperature.

 
 
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