Magnetic and dielectric properties of InFe
O
, InFeCuO
, and InGaCuO
Yoshii, Kenji
; Ikeda, Naoshi*; Okajima, Yuka; Yoneda, Yasuhiro
; Matsuo, Yoji*; Horibe, Yoichi*; Mori, Shigeo*
The magnetic and dielectric properties of InFe
O
, InFeCuO
and InGaCuO
have been investigated. All these materials areisostructural with RFe
O
(R=Y, Ho-Lu), which shows ferroelectricity due to iron-valence ordering. InFe
O
exhibits similar properties to those of RFe
O
; the origins of the magnetic and dielectric phenomena are likely common in InFe
O
and RFe
O
. 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 InFe
O
, 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 RFe
O
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.