Multiferroics and magnetoelectrics with coexisting and coupled multiple ferroic orders are materials promising new technological advances. While most studies have focused on single-phase or heterostructures of inorganic materials, a new class of materials called metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has been recently proposed as candidate materials demonstrating interesting new routes for multiferroism and magnetoelectric coupling. Herein, we report on the origin of multiferroicity of (CH3)2NH2Mn(HCOO)3 via direct observation of ferroelectric domains using second-harmonic generation techniques. For the first time, we observe how these domains are organized (sized in micrometer range), and how they are mutually affected by applied electric and magnetic fields. Calculations provide an estimate of the electric polarization and give insights into its microscopic origin.
Switchable electric polarization and ferroelectric domains in a metal-organic-framework / Jain, Prashant; Stroppa, Alessandro; Nabok, Dmitrii; Marino, Antigone; Rubano, Andrea; Paparo, Domenico; Matsubara, Masakazu; Nakotte, Heinz; Fiebig, Manfred; Picozzi, Silvia; Choi, Eun Sang; Cheetham, Anthony K; Draxl, Claudia; Dalal, Naresh S; Zapf, Vivien S.. - In: NPJ QUANTUM MATERIALS. - ISSN 2397-4648. - 1:1(2016), pp. 16012-1-16012-6. [10.1038/npjquantmats.2016.12]
Switchable electric polarization and ferroelectric domains in a metal-organic-framework
Marino, Antigone;Rubano, Andrea;Paparo, Domenico;
2016
Abstract
Multiferroics and magnetoelectrics with coexisting and coupled multiple ferroic orders are materials promising new technological advances. While most studies have focused on single-phase or heterostructures of inorganic materials, a new class of materials called metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has been recently proposed as candidate materials demonstrating interesting new routes for multiferroism and magnetoelectric coupling. Herein, we report on the origin of multiferroicity of (CH3)2NH2Mn(HCOO)3 via direct observation of ferroelectric domains using second-harmonic generation techniques. For the first time, we observe how these domains are organized (sized in micrometer range), and how they are mutually affected by applied electric and magnetic fields. Calculations provide an estimate of the electric polarization and give insights into its microscopic origin.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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