Research Article
Tailoring Multiferroic Characteristics in LaFeO3 Nanocrystals via Rare-Earth Pr3+ Doping
Table 1
The refined structural parameters of the LaFeO3 and La0.5Pr0.5FeO3 ferrite materials.
| | Samples/parameters | LaFeO3 | La0.5Pr0.5FeO3 |
| | a (Å) | 5.559 (5) | 5.564 (1) | | b (Å) | 5.569 (4) | 5.566 (4) | | c (Å) | 7.860 (4) | 7.859 (7) | | Volume (Å3) | 242.75 (11) | 312.42 (42) | | Rwp (%) | 3.8 | 3.6 | | Rp (%) | 2.7 | 3.2 | | χ2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | | α (°) | 90 | 90 | | β (°) | 90 | 90 | | γ (°) | 90 | 90 | | Crystallite size in (nm) | 88 | 65 | | Fe–O bond length in (Å) | 2.00 | 2.12 | | Minimum Fe–O bond length in (Å) | 2.37 | 2.24 | | Maximum Fe–O bond length in (Å) | 3.27 | 3.16 |
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