Magnetic and dielectric properties of InFeO, InFeCuO, and InGaCuO
Yoshii, Kenji ; Ikeda, Naoshi*; Okajima, Yuka; Yoneda, Yasuhiro ; Matsuo, Yoji*; Horibe, Yoichi*; Mori, Shigeo*
The magnetic and dielectric properties of InFeO, InFeCuOand InGaCuO have been investigated. All these materials areisostructural with RFeO (R=Y, Ho-Lu), which shows ferroelectricity due to iron-valence ordering. InFeO exhibits similar properties to those of RFeO; the origins of the magnetic and dielectric phenomena are likely common in InFeO and RFeO. From measurements of the other two materials, we found that both the magnetic transition temperature and the dielectric constant are decreased in the order of InFeO, InFeCuO and InGaCuO. This result strongly supports the previously reported explanation based on an electron transfer between the Fe-site ions for the corresponding rare-earth systems. Therefore, we propose that the dielectric properties of the oxides isostructural with RFeO are plausibly governed by electron transfer; this situation is different from that of ordinary ferroelectrics and dielectrics, in which the displacement factions and anions is important. In addition, InFeCuO and InGaCuO exhibit large dielectric constants (larger than about 1500). Inconsideration of this property, the possible applications of these oxides are discussed.