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@BOOK{Adiga:821202,
author = {Adiga, Shilpa},
title = {{C}rystal growth and scattering studies on two ferrites},
volume = {135},
school = {RWTH Aachen},
type = {Dr.},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-06440},
isbn = {978-3-95806-183-5},
series = {Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich. Reihe
Schlüsseltechnologien / Key Technologies},
pages = {IV, 150 S.},
year = {2016},
note = {RWTH Aachen, Diss., 2015},
abstract = {$\textbf{(1) A detailed ferroelectric study of magnetite
(Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$}$) Multiferroics, consisting of both
ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases, have attracted
scientic and technological interest due possible
magnetoelectric coupling between thephases. Such materials
are very rare though, as conventional ferroelectricity
requires an empty d-shell, preventing the presence of
magnetism. Among unconventional mechanisms leading to
ferroelectricity, multiferroicity due to charge ordering
(CO) is a strong candidate for practical applications.
However, proven examples are very rare as of yet. The 120 K
Verwey transition (T$_{V}$) in magnetite, reported in 1939,
is the classical example for charge ordering. Despite
controversies regarding the existence of CO, magnetite has
been proposed as one of the CO-based multiferroics. Although
early experiments already indicated for example a
magnetoelectric effect, those studies were mainly focused on
complex low temperature structure rather than possible
multiferroicity. In order to study the ferroelectric
properties of magnetite by dielectric spectroscopy, a new
dielectric measurement set-up was built at the institute.
After an introduction and the description of experimental
techniques, this thesis begins with the presentation of our
newly built dielectric set-up and of the performed test
experiments to standardize measurements of the dielectric
constant. The Verwey transition is very sensitive to oxygen
stoichiometry. The oxygen stoichiometry was tuned by
appropriate gas mixtures of CO$_{2}$ and CO or
Ar(H$_{2}$)$_{4}$\%. I first investigated appropriate ratios
of CO$_{2}$ / Ar(H$_{2}$)$_{4}$\% at high temperature on
polycrystalline samples and confirmed the phase purity by
x-ray diffraction. Verwey transition was characterized
primarily by thermo-remanent magnetization and specific
heat. The results obtained from the basic macroscopic
analysis were used for the growth of high quality crystals
by optical floating zone method. Proposed low temperature
relaxor ferroelectric property of magnetite was studied by
neutron and high energy X-ray diffuse scattering
experiments. The observed weak diffuse scattering by neutron
diffraction, which was absent in high energy X-ray studies,
indicated that it is magnetic in origin. For the first time,
a time resolved X-ray diffraction technique has been
implemented to test the switchabilty of the polar structure
by application of an electric field in magnetite. The
observed change in the intensity of the Bragg reflection to
its Friedel mate (reflection related by inversion symmetry)
constitutes to the first microscopic proof of ferroic
behavior of classical magnetite. $\textbf{(2) Study of
various physical properties of oxygen deficient strontium
ferrite (SrFeO$_{3- \delta}$)}$. Colossal magnetoresistance
effect, i.e., the huge change in the electrical resistance
by the application of magnetic field is a key to the next
generation of magnetic memory devices. The oxygen deficient
strontium ferrite (SrFeO$_{3- \delta}$, $\delta$=0-0.5)
system exhibits [...]},
cin = {JCNS-2 / PGI-4 / JARA-FIT},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$},
pnm = {144 - Controlling Collective States (POF3-144) / 524 -
Controlling Collective States (POF3-524) / 6212 - Quantum
Condensed Matter: Magnetism, Superconductivity (POF3-621) /
6213 - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport
Technologies (POF3-621) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron
Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-144 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-524 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6212 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6213 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P09-20150101 / EXP:(DE-MLZ)DNS-20140101 /
EXP:(DE-MLZ)SPODI-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/821202},
}