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Multiferroicity in V-doped PbTiO$_{3}$

Materials Science 2015-04-28 v1

Abstract

We report \emph{ab initio} predictions on the proper multiferroic (ferromagnetic, insulating and ferroelectric) character of PbTiO3_{3} doped with vanadium. V impurities coupled ferromagnetically carry a magnetization of 1 μB\mu_{\rm B} each. The coupling is expected to be strong, since the paramagnetic solution is higher by 150 meV/vanadium, and no stable antiferromagnetic solution was found. The electronic gap in the doped system is about 0.2-0.3 eV in GGA, hence the system is properly multiferroic. V doping increases the spontaneous polarization in PbTiO3_{3}, with an approximate percentual rate of 0.7 μ\muC/cm2^{2}.

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@article{arxiv.1309.7205,
  title  = {Multiferroicity in V-doped PbTiO$_{3}$},
  author = {Francesco Ricci and Vincenzo Fiorentini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.7205},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

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