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The dielectric relaxation and magnetocapacitance effect of one-dimensional spin frustrated compound Ca3Co2O6 are investigated. The steplike magnetocapacitance effect is observed and one to one corresponds to the steplike magnetization. We explain this phenomenon from the spin configuration dependent dielectric response. The simulation results using the Monte Carlo method are in good agreement with experimental data at low temperature. The close correspondence between the magnetic and dielectric properties indicates that the coupling is the intrinsic character of Ca3Co2O. The steplike magnetocapacitance effect may find potential applications in data storage and sensors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hybrid improper ferroelectrics have their electric polarization generated by two or more combined non-ferroelectric structural distortions, such as the rotation and tilting of Ti-O octahedral in the Ca3Ti2O7 (CTO) family. In this work, we prepare the high quality (010)-oriented CTO thin films on (110) SrTiO3 (STO) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The good epitaxial growth of the CTO thin films on the substrates with the interfacial epitaxial relationship of [001]CTO//[001]STO and [100]CTO//[-110]STO is revealed. The in-plane ferroelectric hysteresis unveils an ultralow coercive field of ~5 kV/cm even at low temperature, nearly two orders of magnitude lower than that of bulk CTO single crystals. The huge difference between the epitaxial thin films and bulk crystals is most likely due to the lattice imperfections in the thin films rather than substrate induced lattice strains, suggesting high sensitivity of the ferroelectric properties to lattice defects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The magnetization, Raman spectroscopy, and ferroelectricity of multiferroic GdMn2O5 as a function of temperature and magnetic field are investigated. The complicated magnetic transitions at low temperatures are featured with anomalous Raman mode shifts, dielectric response, and ferroelectricity generation, indicating the significant spin–phonon coupling. It is argued that this coupling is possibly responsible for the electrical polarization generation associated with the incommensurate–commensurate transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The magnetization, Raman spectroscopy, and ferroelectricity of multiferroic GdMn2O5 as a function of temperature and magnetic field are investigated. The complicated magnetic transitions at low temperatures are featured with anomalous Raman mode shifts, dielectric response, and ferroelectricity generation, indicating the significant spin–phonon coupling. It is argued that this coupling is possibly responsible for the electrical polarization generation associated with the incommensurate–commensurate transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The dielectric relaxation and magnetocapacitance effect of one-dimensional spin frustrated compound Ca3Co2O6 are investigated. The steplike magnetocapacitance effect is observed and one to one corresponds to the steplike magnetization. We explain this phenomenon from the spin configuration dependent dielectric response. The simulation results using the Monte Carlo method are in good agreement with experimental data at low temperature. The close correspondence between the magnetic and dielectric properties indicates that the coupling is the intrinsic character of Ca3Co2O. The steplike magnetocapacitance effect may find potential applications in data storage and sensors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]