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Chin. Phys. B, 2015, Vol. 24(12): 127507    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/12/127507
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Al-doping-induced magnetocapacitance in the multiferroic AgCrS2

Liu Rong-Deng (刘荣灯)a b, He Lun-Hua (何伦华)a, Yan Li-Qin (闫丽琴)a, Wang Zhi-Cui (王志翠)a, Sun Yang (孙阳)a, Liu Yun-Tao (刘蕴韬)b, Chen Dong-Feng (陈东风)b, Zhang Sen (张森)c, Zhao Yong-Gang (赵永刚)c, Wang Fang-Wei (王芳卫)a
a State Key Laboratory of Magnetism, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
b China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China;
c Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Abstract  

In this paper, multiferroics and magnetocapacitive effect of triangular-lattice antiferromagnet AgAl0.02Cr0.98S2 are investigated by magnetic, ferroelectric, pyroelectric current and dielectric measurement. We find that it is a multiferroic material and the magnetocapacitive effect reaches a factor of up to 90 in an external field of 7 T. The results imply the further possibility of synthesizing the magnetocapacitive materials by modifying the frustrated spin structure in terms of a few B-site doping nonmagnetic ions.

Keywords:  AgCrS2      multiferroics      magnetocapacitive effect      antiferromagnet      ferroelectricity      magnetoelectric coupling      dielectric constant      AgAl0.02Cr0.98S2  
Received:  12 August 2015      Revised:  09 October 2015      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  75.80.+q (Magnetomechanical effects, magnetostriction)  
  77.22.-d (Dielectric properties of solids and liquids)  
  75.85.+t (Magnetoelectric effects, multiferroics)  
  75.50.Ee (Antiferromagnetics)  
Fund: 

Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB833102) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10974244, 11274369, and 11104337).

Corresponding Authors:  Liu Rong-Deng, Wang Fang-Wei     E-mail:  liurd104@163.com;fwwang@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

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Liu Rong-Deng (刘荣灯), He Lun-Hua (何伦华), Yan Li-Qin (闫丽琴), Wang Zhi-Cui (王志翠), Sun Yang (孙阳), Liu Yun-Tao (刘蕴韬), Chen Dong-Feng (陈东风), Zhang Sen (张森), Zhao Yong-Gang (赵永刚), Wang Fang-Wei (王芳卫) Al-doping-induced magnetocapacitance in the multiferroic AgCrS2 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 127507

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