Microscopy and the Solid Solubility Limit in K_1-xMn_xTaO₃ Ceramics

Multiferroic materials, combining at least two of three properties: ferromagnetism, ferroelectricity and ferroelasticity in the same phase, have been widely studied nowadays and have tremendous potential for multifunctional applications, although magnetoelectric multiferroics are difficult to obtain. Recently, dielectric and magnetic anomalies were found to be coupled in the incipient ferroelectrics SrTiO₃ and KTaO₃ doped with Mn on A-site of ABO₃ perovskite lattice.