Spin-induced multiferroicity in the binary perovskite manganite Mn2O3

Multiferroic binary oxides with the perovskite structure have been very rare. Here, Cong et al. report magnetically-driven ferroelectricity and a large magnetoelectric effect in a binary perovskite compound Mn2O3 at low temperatures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Junzhuang Cong, Kun Zhai, Yisheng Chai, Dashan Shang, Dmitry D. Khalyavin, Roger D. Johnson, Denis P. Kozlenko, Sergey E. Kichanov, Artem M. Abakumov, Alexander A. Tsirlin, Leonid Dubrovinsky, Xueli Xu, Zhigao Sheng, Sergey V. Ovsyannikov, Young Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05296-0