{"paper_id":"8675691b-d91e-49f2-a48c-60e4752dd638","body_text":"Magnetoelectric effect in multiferroic nickelate perovskite YNiO3 | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Magnetoelectric effect in multiferroic nickelate perovskite YNiO 3 Urs Staub, Nazaret Ortiz Hernández, Elizabeth Skoropata, Hiroki Ueda, and 2 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4085043/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 15 Aug, 2024 Read the published version in Communications Materials → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The interaction of magnetic order and ferroelectric polarization is a fundamental coupling with the prospect for the control of electronic properties and magnetism. The connection among magnetic order, charge localization and associated metal-insulator transition (MIT) is another cornerstone for materials control. Materials that combine both effects are therefore of great interest but so far not established. One of the classes of materials proposed to combine these functionalities is the family of RNiO 3 (R: lanthanide or Y), whose members show a clear MIT and an antiferromagnetic ground state, and for which an electric polarization has been predicted. Here, we show by resonant magnetic x-ray scattering with circular polarization that YNiO 3 does not only possess a magnetic structure containing domains of spin-rotations that are consistent with the occurrence of electric polarization, but also that there is a significant magnetoelectric interaction that allows manipulation of magnetic domains by an electric field. This shows that charge ordered RNiO 3 are magnetoelectric multiferroics with a MIT. Physical sciences/Materials science/Condensed-matter physics/Magnetic properties and materials Physical sciences/Physics/Condensed-matter physics/Ferroelectrics and multiferroics Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 15 Aug, 2024 Read the published version in Communications Materials → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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