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We investigate the electronic structure and the ferroelectric properties of the recently discovered multiferroic ScFeO$_3$ by means of ab-initio calculations. The $3d$ manifold of Fe in the half-filled configuration naturally favors an…
We submit that the magnetic space-group Cac (#9.41) is consistent with the established magnetic structure of BaFe2Se3, with magnetic dipole moments in a motif that uses two ladders [Caron J M et al 2011 Phys. Rev. B 84 180409(R)]. The…
A new chiral phase of ferric ions in bismuth ferrite, the only material known to support multiferroic behaviour at room temperature, is inferred from extensive sets of data gathered by resonant x-ray Bragg diffraction. Values of all ferric…
Compulsory Dirac multipoles in the bilayer perovskite Ca3Ru2O7 are absent in published analyses of experimental data. In a first step at correcting knowledge of the magnetic structure, we have analysed existing Bragg diffraction patterns…
Antiferromagnetic compounds chromium sesquioxide (Cr$_2$O$_3$) and dioxomolybdenum selenite present linear magnetoelectric effects. Anti-inversion symmetry in the corresponding magnetic crystal classes dictate the makeup of magnetic Bragg…
The magnetic properties of materials hosting Eu2+(J = 7/2, 4f7) ions have attracted much attention in the science of strongly correlated electrons. In part because crystal electric field effects are impoverished for an s-state ion, as with…
Ruthenium trichloride is the subject of many recent experimental and theoretical studies. Johnson et al. infer a candidate for the magnetic structure (Cc2/m) from results gathered in an extensive set of experiments on an untwined sample of…
Magnetic axial and polar (Dirac) nickel multipoles contribute to resonant x-ray Bragg amplitudes in a symmetry informed analysis of monoclinic Li2Ni3P4O14 presented for future diffraction experiments. Magnetic long-range order below a…
A theoretical investigation of a plausible construct for electronic structure in iridate perovskites demonstrates the existence of magnetic multipoles hitherto not identified. The strange multipoles, which are parity-even, time-odd and even…
SmFeO3 has attracted considerable attention very recently due to the reported multiferroic properties above room-temperature. We have performed powder and single crystal neutron diffraction as well as complementary polarization dependent…
Hexagonal rare-earth ferrite RFeO$_3$ family represents a unique class of multiferroics exhibiting weak ferromagnetism, and a strong coupling between magnetism and structural trimerization is predicted. However, the hexagonal structure for…
Properties of two ThCr2Si2-type materials are discussed within the context of their established structural and magnetic symmetries. Both materials develop collinear, G-type antiferromagnetic order above room temperature, and magnetic ions…
In this paper, we explore magneteoelectricity of rare earth orthochromites from the symmetry point of view. We determine the principal structural order parameters and find their couplings with ferroelectric and magnetic orderings. Our…
Fundamental block and staggered orders of magnetic Fe multipoles in Na2FeSe2 are classified by their symmetry and magnetoelectric properties. Our structure model incorporates ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic coupling between chains. The…
Scrutiny of an established monoclinic magnetic space group for NdFeO3 reveals hitherto unknown properties of the orthoferrite. Future experiments using neutron and x-ray diffraction techniques can verify them. Neodymium ions possess Dirac…
We report a magnetic x-ray scattering study of the field-induced multiferroic GdFe3(BO3)4. Resonant x-ray magnetic scattering at the Gd LII,III edges indicates that the Gd moments order at TN ~ 37 K. The magnetic structure is incommensurate…
Co/BaTiO$_3$(001) is one of the most interesting multiferroic heterostructures as it combines different ferroic phases, setting this way the fundamentals for innovative technical applications. Various theoretical approaches have been…
A material in possession of localized 4f-electron magnetism and delocalized 3d-electron or band magnetism can often present A material in possession of localized 4f-electron magnetism and delocalized 3d-electron or band magnetism can often…
A theory that fully describes previously observed neutron Bragg spots indicative of magnetic order in the pseudo-gap phase of YBa2Cu3O6 + x is presented. Magnetic diffraction intensities, unveiled by polarization analysis, are explained by…
We report the magnetic diffraction pattern and spin wave excitations in (CD$_3$)$_2$ND$_2$[Mn(DCO$_2$)$_3$] measured using elastic and inelastic neutron scattering. The magnetic structure is shown to be a G-type antiferromagnet with moments…