The properties of transition metal compounds are largely determined by nontrivial interplay
of different degrees of freedom: charge, spin, lattice, and also orbital ones. Especially rich …

We present an overview of the current interest in non-collinear magnetism in multiferroic
perovskite crystals. We first describe the different microscopic mechanisms giving rise to the …

Transition metal (TM) compounds present a very big class of materials with quite diverse
properties. There are insulators, metals and systems with insulator–metal transitions among …

Electromagnetic devices have become increasingly important within the manufacturing
industries and their applications ranges from memory devices, semiconductors to medical …

The laser-diode-heated floating-zone (LDFZ) is a new variant of the floating-zone (FZ)
technique where the molten-zone is established using a set of horizontal laser beams …

Heterostructuring provides different ways to manipulate the orbital degrees of freedom and
to tailor orbital occupations in transition-metal oxides. However, the reliable prediction of …

Temperature driven magnetization reversal and exchange bias reversal were observed in
single phase polycrystalline perovskite YbCr 1-x Fe x O 3 (x= 0–0.15). The two reversals …

We report a thorough study of Y 0.7 La 0.3 VO 3 single crystals by measuring magnetic
properties, specific heat, thermal conductivity, Raman scattering, x-ray and neutron …

The thermal evolution of structural and magnetic details of the orthovanadate TmV O 3,
studied in detail by neutron and synchrotron powder diffraction, is reported. Crystallizing in …

We have studied the magnetic properties of a LuVO 3 single crystal. The compound shows
an orbital ordering at T OO= 179 K followed by the antiferromagnetic spin ordering at T SO …