Multiferroicity in Quasi-One-Dimensional Compound Ca₃NiMnO₆

Abstract:

The magnetic structure of the one-dimensional (1D) compounds A₃MXO₆ (where A is Ca or Sr, M and X are transition metal cations) can be tuned from collinear to spiral by merely changing the identity of the M and X atoms constituting the 1D chains. This suggests the prospect of realizing ferroelectricity that is induced by different types of magnetic order. To date, magnetism-driven ferroelectricity in these 1D compounds has only been discovered in Ca₃CoMnO₆ with a collinear magnetic structure, whereas other magnetic structures such as spin spirals have been much less discussed. Here, the magnetoelectric effect in 1D Ca₃NiMnO₆ with a spiral magnetic structure is investigated. The presence of magnetoelectric coupling in the sample is evidenced by changes in capacitance of up to 1.5 % in an applied magnetic field of 8 T at a temperature of 5 K. These results highlight the relation between magnetic and electric order in 1D compounds with a spiral magnetic structure and provide more insight into magnetoelectric coupling mechanisms in 1D compounds in general.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 1014)
• Pages: 87-94
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-Zy7XVW
• Online since: June 2025
• Authors: Nandang Mufti*, I. Gusti Ayu Isnaini Fatha Ramadhani, Tahta Amrillah, Ahmad Taufiq, Sunaryono Sunaryono, Markus Diantoro, Graeme R. Blake
• Keywords: 1D Compounds, Ca₃NiMnO₆, Magnetic Structure Tuning, Magnetoelectric, Spiral Magnetic Structure

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