title: Strain-tuned enhancement of ferromagnetic TCto 176 K in Sm-doped BiMnO3thin films and determination of magnetic phase diagram.
abstract: BiMnO3is a promising multiferroic material but it's ferromagnetic TCis well below room temperature and the magnetic phase diagram is unknown. In this work, the relationship between magnetic transition temperature (TC) and the substrate induced (pseudo-) tetragonal distortion (ratio of out-of-plane to in-plane lattice parameters, c/a) in BiMnO3thin films, lightly doped to optimize lattice dimensions, was determined. For c/a > 0.99, hidden antiferromagnetism was revealed and the magnetisation versus temperature curves showed a tail behaviour, whereas for c/a < 0.99 clear ferromagnetism was observed. A peak TCof up to 176 K, more than 70 K higher than for bulk BiMnO3, was achieved through precise strain tuning. The TCwas maximised for strong tensile in-plane strain which produced weak octahedral rotations in the out-of-plane direction, an orthorhombic-like structure, and strong ferromagnetic coupling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.|Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
authors.forename: Eun-Mi
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
authors.forename: Josée E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kleibeuker
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: MacManus-Driscoll