Multiferroic (Ferroelastic/Magnetic) Phase Transitions in KMnF3

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KMnF3 perovskite undergoes 3 structural, and two magnetic phase transitions on cooling from 300 K to 2 K. Above 185 K the compound is in the aristotype structure, on cooling below 185 K it undergoes a weakly first order zone boundary phase transition to a structure in space group I4/mcm with Glazer symbol a0a0c-. At the Neel temperature (87 K) it undergoes a second weakly first order transition to an as yet uncharacterised phase, probably space group Cmcm. At 82 K it undergoes a second magnetic/structural transition to another uncharacterised phase, probably in space group Pnma. We propose to carry out a full structural and magnetic characterisation of the 4 phases of KMnF3 including the evolution of the spontaneous strains and the nature of the phase coexistence in the first order transitions on heating and cooling.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.60997693
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Creator Dr Kevin Knight
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-03-30T07:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-07-14T06:01:35Z