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Crystal Chemistry and Magnetic Properties of Gd-Substituted Aurivillius-Type Bi5FeTi3O15 Ceramics
Aurivillius-phase ferroelectrics can be turned into multiferroic materials by incorporating magnetic ions. The four-layer Aurivillius-type system Bi5FeTi3O15 is well-known to show a strong magnetoelectric effect; however, much controversy exists on its magnetic state and the possible multiferroicity at room temperature. In this paper, we report a detailed investigation on the interconnections between crystal chemistry and magnetic properties of Bi5FeTi3O15 ceramics chemically modified by the A-site gadolinium substitution. The structural studies showed that all Bi5âxGdxFeTi3O15 (0 †x †1) samples adopt the polar orthorhombic space group symmetry A21am at room temperature. The unit cell volume and the orthorhombic distortion decrease alongside the reduction of octahedral tilts by increasing the amount of Gd added. The decrease in tilting distortion of the [Ti/Fe]O6 octahedra was further evidenced by the suppression of the Raman A1[111] tilt mode at 233 cmâ1. By using superconducting quantum interference and vibrating sample magnetometry, it was demonstrated that all the ceramics are paramagnetic from 5 K up to 700 K. It was thus concluded that the A-site substitution of Bi5FeTi3O15 with magnetic Gd ions brings about a slight structural relaxation of the parental orthorhombic lattice, but it is not an effective way to induce multiferroic properties in the Aurivillius compound. We suggest that the room-temperature (ferri/ferro/antiferro-) magnetism in Bi5FeTi3O15 previously reported in the literature might be due to the presence of magnetic impurities or local short-range magnetic ordering formed during material processing under different conditions
Temperature influence on magnetic properties and magnetoimpedance effect of Fe-rich glass-coated microwires
Giant magnetoimpedance, GMI, effect and magnetic properties upon temperature influence of as-prepared and stress-annealed amorphous
Fe75B9Si12C4 glass-coated microwires produced by the Taylor-Ulitovsky technique are analyzed. Remarkable change in the hysteresis loops
and GMI effect is observed for both samples upon heating. Tuning of the stress-annealing conditions allows one to vary the temperature
dependence. Furthermore, it is observed almost complete reversibility of the changes induced by the temperature. Observed dependences are
explained by the heating effect on the internal stresses relaxation, by the modification of the thermal expansion coefficients of the metallic
nucleus and the glass coating, and by the Hopkinson effectThis work was supported by EU under âINFINITEâ (Grant
No. HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-06) project, by the Spanish
MCIU under PGC2018-099530-B-C31 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE),
by the Government of the Basque Country under Grant No.
PUE_2021_1_0009, Elkartek (MINERVA and ZE-KONP) projects
and under the scheme of âAyuda a Grupos Consolidadosâ(ref.
IT1670-22), by the DiputaciĂłn Foral de Gipuzkoa in the frame
of Programa âRed guipuzcoana de Ciencia, TecnologĂa e Inno-
vaciĂłn 2021â under Grant No. 2021-CIEN-000007-01 project and
by the University of Basque Country under Grant No. COLAB20/15
project. The authors thank for technical and human support pro-
vided by SGIker of UPV/EHU (Medidas Magneticas Gipuzkoa) and
European funding (ERDF and ESF). We would like to be grateful to
the administration of the University of the Basque Country, which
not only provides very limited funding, but even expropriates the
resources received by the research group from private companies
for the research activities of the group. Such interference helps keep
us on our toes. The group at the Institute of Experimental Physics
SAS acknowledges support of the projects VEGA 2/0171/19 and
APVV-19-036
Terbium-induced phase transitions and weak ferromagnetism in multiferroic bismuth ferrite ceramics
The increasing addition of Tb in the system Bi1âxTbxFeO3 produces a progressive modification of the crystal structure from rhombohedral R3c to orthorhombic Pnma which results in the appearance and enhancement of the net magnetization, with the composition x â 0.15â0.20 being a promising candidate for magnetoelectric applications.</p
Embracing Monogenic Parkinson's Disease: The MJFF Global Genetic PD Cohort
Background: As gene-targeted therapies are increasingly being developed for Parkinson's disease (PD), identifying and characterizing carriers of specific genetic pathogenic variants is imperative. Only a small fraction of the estimated number of subjects with monogenic PD worldwide are currently represented in the literature and availability of clinical data and clinical trial-ready cohorts is limited. Objective: The objectives are to (1) establish an international cohort of affected and unaffected individuals with PD-linked variants; (2) provide harmonized and quality-controlled clinical characterization data for each included individual; and (3) further promote collaboration of researchers in the field of monogenic PD. Methods: We conducted a worldwide, systematic online survey to collect individual-level data on individuals with PD-linked variants in SNCA, LRRK2, VPS35, PRKN, PINK1, DJ-1, as well as selected pathogenic and risk variants in GBA and corresponding demographic, clinical, and genetic data. All registered cases underwent thorough quality checks, and pathogenicity scoring of the variants and genotypeâphenotype relationships were analyzed. Results: We collected 3888 variant carriers for our analyses, reported by 92 centers (42 countries) worldwide. Of the included individuals, 3185 had a diagnosis of PD (ie, 1306 LRRK2, 115 SNCA, 23 VPS35, 429 PRKN, 75 PINK1, 13 DJ-1, and 1224 GBA) and 703 were unaffected (ie, 328 LRRK2, 32 SNCA, 3 VPS35, 1 PRKN, 1 PINK1, and 338 GBA). In total, we identified 269 different pathogenic variants; 1322 individuals in our cohort (34%) were indicated as not previously published. Conclusions: Within the MJFF Global Genetic PD Study Group, we (1) established the largest international cohort of affected and unaffected individuals carrying PD-linked variants; (2) provide harmonized and quality-controlled clinical and genetic data for each included individual; (3) promote collaboration in the field of genetic PD with a view toward clinical and genetic stratification of patients for gene-targeted clinical trials. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
An early diagnosis is not the same as a timely diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
referee-status: Indexed referee-response-35490: 10.5256/f1000research.15815.r35490, Matthew J. Farrer, Djavad Mowafhagian Centre for Brain, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 18 Jul 2018, version 1, indexed referee-response-35489: 10.5256/f1000research.15815.r35489, Mayela Rodriguez-Violante, Movement Disorders Clinic, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico City, Mexico, 18 Jul 2018, version 1, indexed grant-information: This review was supported by grants from: Parkinsonâs UK (G-1606), National Institute for Health Research University College Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre and Bartâs Charity (Preventative Neurology Grant). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. copyright-info: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.This review was supported by grants from: Parkinsonâs UK (G-1606), National Institute for Health Research University College Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre and Bartâs Charity (Preventative Neurology Grant)
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