| Autor: |
K. Mukhopadhyay, A. S. Mahapatra, S. Sutradhar, P. K. Chakrabarti |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
AIP Advances, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 037112-037112-15 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2158-3226 |
| DOI: |
10.1063/1.4869077 |
| Popis: |
Nanoparticles of BiFeO3 (BFO) are incorporated in the nanocomposite of (BiFeO3)0.50 (Co0.4Zn0.4Cu0.2 Fe2O4)0.5, (BFO-CZCF) and these are prepared by chemical route. The formation of pure crystallographic phase of each component (BFO and CZCF) in the nanocomposite of BFO-CZCF has been confirmed by Rietveld analysis of the X-ray diffractograms using FULLPROF program. Morphology, average particle size and its distribution, crystallographic phase etc. are obtained from the high-resolution transmission electron microscopy of BFO-CZCF. Magnetic measurements of BFO-CZCF have been carried out to explore the modulation of magnetic behavior of BFO in BFO-CZCF. Interestingly, magnetization of BFO-CZCF has been drastically enhanced compared to that of the pristine BFO. An exchange bias effect is also observed in the M vs. H loops of BFO-CZCF recorded in field cooled and zero field cooled conditions, which suggest that nanoparticles of BFO (AFM) are encapsulated by nanoparticles of CZCF (FM) in BFO-CZCF. Thermal variation of dielectric constant of BFO-CZCF is recorded in the range of 300 to 1073 K and a ferroelectric to paraelectric transition is observed at ∼728 K. Enhanced magnetic property of BFO would quite interesting for this important multiferroic. |
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