• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.113-117
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• 2005

Multiferroic $HoMnO_3$ single crystal was prepared using 4-point focused floating zone furnace, and polycrystalline $HoMn_{1-x}\;^57Fe_xO_3$ (x=0.00, 0.01, 0.02, 0.05) powders have been prepared by solid state reaction. Their magnetic and crystallographic properties are studied using MPMS, PPMS, and $M\ddot{o}ssbauer$ spectroscopy. The crystal structure found to be a hexagonal and a magnetic easy-axis is (110) direction. As the external applied magnetic field increases, temperature of the dielectric constant anomaly is decreased. $HoMn_{0.95}\;^{57}Fe_{0.05}O_3$ shows huge quadrupole splitting value from the $M\ddot{o}ssbauer$ spectra.