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@ARTICLE{Gronych:1047018,
author = {Gronych, Lara M. and Kraft, Marvin A. and Hartmann,
Matthias and Faka, Vasiliki and Glikman, Dana and Koers,
Iven and Li, Cheng and Newnham, Jon and Braunschweig, Björn
and Zeier, Wolfgang and Martinez de Irujo-Labalde, Xabier},
title = {{P}roton {O}rdering {I}nduces a {P}olar {S}tructure in the
{A}ntiferromagnetic {S}olid {P}roton {C}onductor
${F}e{H}_6({PO}_4)_3$},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
volume = {147},
number = {37},
issn = {0002-7863},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publications},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-04074},
pages = {33859 - 33869},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Materials exhibiting coexisting exploitable properties
often result in especially attractive behavior from both
fundamental and applied perspectives. In particular,
magnetoelectric materials combining ferroelectric and
magnetic properties are increasingly becoming paramount
nowadays. Here, we show that $FeH_6(PO_4)_3$ exhibits proton
conductivity and the coexistence of magnetic and polar
structural features, suggesting that such frameworks may be
of broader interest beyond the field of proton conductors.
By a combination of neutron diffraction and second harmonic
generation experiments, we have demonstrated that
$FeH_6(PO_4)_3$ crystallizes in the polar $R3c$ space group.
Inversion symmetry breaking is triggered by a polar proton
ordering within the structure. In $FeH_6(PO_4)_3$, this
particular cation ordering in combination with the polar
displacement of the adjacent structural units results in a
polar crystal structure with a calculated net polarization
of approximatel $10 μC cm{^–2}$ between 10 and 300 K.
Together with an antiferromagnetic state below 28 K,
determined from a combination of neutron diffraction and
magnetic measurements and associated with the particular
$Fe^{3+}$ octahedral arrangement, the result is the
coexistence of both properties. By a detailed study of this
system with a full description of the crystal structure as
well as the ionic and magnetic properties, we aim to spark
further investigations in magnetoelectric materials existing
in the solid ionic conductor phase space.},
cin = {IMD-4},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IMD-4-20141217},
pnm = {1221 - Fundamentals and Materials (POF4-122)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1221},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.5c10508},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1047018},
}