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Pressure effect on magnetism and multiferroicity in Mn2GeO4

Honda, T.
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Aoyama, T.
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White, J. S.
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2014
Physical Review B

The effect of high pressure exceeding 6 GPa on magnetism and multiferroicity was investigated for the olivine Mn2GeO4 that shows successive magnetic transitions at ambient pressure and a ferroelectric ground state driven by spin- spiral order. We measured heat capacity, dielectric constant, and electric polarization at various pressures using a diamond anvil cell. The pressure evolution of the magnetic structures was also investigated by powder neutron diffraction measurements using a Paris- Edinburgh press. We found that all of the magnetic transition temperatures are enhanced monotonically by applying pressure. Furthermore, the spin- driven ferroelectricity persists up to about 6 GPa but suddenly vanishes by 6.3 GPa. A consistent description of all data is achieved if an incommensurate- commensurate phase transition occurs with pressurization and causes the suppression of ferroelectricity. We discuss the origin of the observed pressure effects on the magnetism and multiferroicity in Mn2GeO4 in terms of a pressure- induced change in the superexchange magnetic interactions.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.89.104405
Web of Science ID

WOS:000332504500006

Author(s)
Honda, T.
Aoyama, T.
White, J. S.
Straessle, Th
Keller, L.
Kenzelmann, M.
Honda, F.
Miyake, A.
Shimizu, K.
Wakabayashi, Y.
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Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Amer Physical Soc

Published in
Physical Review B
Volume

89

Issue

10

Article Number

104405

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REVIEWED

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April 14, 2014
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