Abstract
Spin-phonon coupling in rare-earth based, manganites with double
perovskite structure plays a crucial role in the magnetoelectric
properties of these ferromagnetic materials. Particularly, on Y2CoMnO6
(YCMO), it is assumed that spin-phonon coupling is related to the
induced ferroelectric polarization. This confers to YCMO a multiferroic
characteristic. In this work, we probed the spin-phonon coupling in YCMO
by temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy measurements in ceramic
samples obtained by the nitrate decomposition method. Raman scattering
revealed some anomalies that could be attributed to a weak spin-phonon
coupling, an unconventional behavior for rare-earth based manganites
with double perovskite structure, in which the coupling does not fit
with the quadratic magnetization. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights
reserved.
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