Journal
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 228, Issue -, Pages 76-81Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.04.028
Keywords
Rare-earth manganites; Multiferroic; Raman spectroscopy; Spin-phonon coupling; Spin-spin correlations
Funding
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [PTDC/FIS-NAN/0533/2012]
- QREN [Norte-070124-FEDER-000070]
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We present a systematic study of the structure and lattice dynamics at room temperature, and the phonon behavior at low temperatures in orthorhombic Gd1-xYxMnO3 manganites, with 0 <= x <= 0.4. Powder x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering at ambient conditions reveal that the Jahn-Teller distortion is composition-independent, while the Mn-O1-Mn bond angle increases by about 0.5 degrees from x=0 to x=0.4. The spin-phonon coupling was ascertained from the relation between the renormalized wavenumber of the in-plane O2 stretching mode, associated with the spin-spin correlation function. The balance between competitive magnetic interactions is discussed based on the temperature dependence of the phonon frequency renormalization. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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