Abhipsa Pati , S.R. Mohapatra , S.D. Kaushik , Soumen Dhara , D.P. Sahu , A.K. Singh , Jyotika Nanda , Satya N. Tripathy
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Abstract
We report an enhanced magnetic and magnetodielectric (MD) coupling in antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin frustrated Bi2Fe4O9 (BFO) turned composite with substantial variation of La0·67Sr0·33MnO3 (LSMO). Phase formation is confirmed from room temperature Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction data. The composite shows orthorhombic crystal structure with space-group ‘Pbam + Pbnm’ which is also well supported from Raman spectra. XPS analysis confirmed the existence of multiple valence states of magnetic ions such as Fe2+:Fe3+:Fe4+ = 41:45:14 and Mn3+:Mn4+ = 88:12, within experimental limit. This triggers super-exchange and double-exchange interactions thereby contributing significantly to the dielectric and magnetic order parameters. At the same time, with increase in LSMO content an increase in AFM transition temperature (TN) close to room temperature is observed. An irreversibility in ZFC-FC data is evidenced for T < 350 K along with an opening in M − H plot, indicating spin-glass behaviour and an onset of weak ferromagnetism in the composites. The latter is found to get enhanced significantly with increase in LSMO content and is also verified from Arrott plots. The dielectric measurements at 0 T and 1.3 T shows anomaly around TN, hinting at plausible MD coupling. Further, confirmation to the intrinsic MD coupling is assisted by temperature and magnetic field variation of magnetodielectric effect (MD%) which shows enhanced MD effect effective at room temperature. This intriguing MD coupling could be attributed to inverse Dzyalonshinskii-Moriya interactions between magnetic ions present in the composite due to strong cross coupling. Lastly, from Landau free energy expression, the existence of biquadratic nature of magnetoelectric coupling (P2M2) emerging from the coupling term ‘γP2M2’ is established. At 300 K, γ is ∼1.6 × 10−2 (emu/g)−2 for BL70-30 and shows ∼2 % MD response – a nearly eight-fold increase as compared to parent BFO. Hence, the above outcomes highlight the significance of the composite as a viable candidate for multifunctional applications.
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