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Spin-glass behavior and pyroelectric anomalies in a new lithium-based oxide, Li3FeRuO5
Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay1, P L Paulose1, Kartik K Iyer1
1Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India. sanjay.upadhyay@tifr.res.in.
Abstract:
The results of dc and ac magnetization, heat capacity, (57)Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, dielectric, pyroelectric current and isothermal magneto-capacitance measurements of a recently reported lithium-rich layered oxide, Li3FeRuO5, related to LiCoO2-type (rhombohedral, space group R3[combining macron]m), are presented. The results reveal that the compound undergoes spin-glass freezing at 15 K. There is a peak around 34 K in pyroelectric data, which cannot be attributed to ferroelectricity, but to the phenomenon of thermally stimulated depolarization current. As revealed by magnetocapacitance data above and below the magnetic ordering temperature, magnetic and electric dipoles appear to be coupled, thereby offering evidence for magnetodielectric coupling.
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