On the structure of α-BiFeO3

Polycrystalline and monocrystalline α-BiFeO3 crystals have been synthesized by solid state reaction and flux growth method, respectively. X-ray, neutron, and electron diffraction techniques are used to study the crystallographic and magnetic structure of α-BiFeO3. The present data show that α-BiFeO3 crystallizes in space group P1 with a = 0.563?17(1) nm, b = 0.563?84(1) nm, c = 0.563?70(1) nm, α = 59.33(1)°, ? = 59.35(1)°, ? = 59.38(1)°, and the magnetic structure of α-BiFeO3 can be described by space group P1 with magnetic modulation vector in reciprocal space q = 0.0045a* ? 0.0045b*, which is the magnetic structure model proposed by I. Sosnowska(1) applied to the new P1 crystal symmetry of α-BiFeO3. © 2013 American Chemical Society

Keywords

Neutron diffraction, Iron, Crystals, Electron diffraction, Crystallography, Bismuth

Citation

Wang, H., Yang, C., Lu, J., Wu, M., Su, J., Li, K., Zhang, J., Li, G., Jin, T., Kamiyama, T., Liao, F., Lin, J., & Wu, Y. (2013). On the structure of α-BiFeO3. Inorganic Chemistry, 52(5), 2388-2392. doi:10.1021/ic302047z