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Thin Solid Films, Vol.518, No.24, E85-E88, 2010
Preparation of epitaxial Eu0.65Y0.35MnO3 thin film on Nb:SrTiO3(111) substrate
The (202) epitaxial Eu0.65Y0.35MnO3 (EYMO) thin films on (111) Nb:SrTiO3(NSTO) substrates are prepared by pulsed laser deposition. The structural, dielectric, and magnetic properties of EYMO thin films are characterized. The temperature dependent magnetization clearly shows an antiferromagnetic ordering at similar to 30 K. The weak ferromagnetism at low temperature, probably ascribed to the strain resulting from the mismatch between the substrate and thin film, is identified. The measured polarization-electric field loop and dielectric data demonstrate that the as-prepared EYMO thin film is weakly ferroelectric, and the dielectric anomaly at similar to 30 K indicates clearly the spin-phonon (magnetoelectric) coupling. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.