We report on the functional properties of the Y(Ni0.5Mn0.5)O3 epitaxial thin films, growth by
pulsed laser deposition, observing the clear features of their ferroelectric and ferromagnetic nature
at cryogenic temperature. The characterization of temperature-dependent complex impedance spectroscopy
has shown a dielectric anomaly around the ferromagnetic Curie temperature (100 K)
indicative of coupling between magnetic and electric orders.The financial support by the Ministerio de Ciencia e
Innovacion of the Spanish Government (Grant No. BES-2009-028641 and Project Nos. MAT2011-29269-C03-03,
NANOSELECT, MAT2014-56063-C2-2-R, CSD2007-00041,
MAT2015-73839-JIN, and IMAGINE CSD2009-00013) and
Generalitat de Catalunya (2014 SGR 734) is acknowledged.
E.C. would like to thank the National Science Centre of
Poland under the PRELUDIUM (UMO-2015/17/N/ST5/
01988) for financial support.
I.F. acknowledges the
financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through the “Severo Ochoa” Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D (SEV-2015-0496), and also the
Juan de la Cierva–Incorporacion postdoctoral fellowship (IJCI-
2014-19102) from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and
Competitiveness of Spanish Government.Peer reviewe
