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Solution Combustion Synthesis of Rare Earth Orthoferrite Nanoparticles: a Comparative Study on Multiferroic Properties of Er–FeO3 vs (La,Yb)FeO3

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Rare earth (RE = La, Er, and YbFeO3) ferrites are prepared from their nitrate precursors using the solution combustion method. Structural analysis using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique indicates that the synthesized La-, Er-, and Yb–FeO3 perovskite nanoparticles have pure phase orthorhombic super unit cells. The XRD patterns of Er–FeO3 and Yb–FeO3 are found to be indexed in Pbnm (62) space group with cell dimensions in the range of ao = 5.2611–5.2784 Å, bo = 5.5729–5.5898 Å, and co = 7.596–7.6002 Å, while the space group of Pnma (62) with ao = 5.5688 Å, bo = 7.8523 Å, and co = 5.5542 Å are obtained for LaFeO3. Surface morphological studies show aggregated spherical-shaped nanoparticles having an orthorhombic crystal structure with an average particle size of ~ 50 nm. Magnetic properties of all the three RE ferrite synthesized in this work exhibit antiferromagnetic behavior. The study of dielectric properties of all the three RE ferrites shows dispersive behavior at low frequencies with low loss. Temperature-dependent dielectric studies confirm that the antiferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition temperature appears at 445 K. A larger P-E loop with a squareness ratio of 1.583 for ErFeO3 orthoferrites suggests that it is more advantageous than LaFeO3 and YbFeO3 for making modern electronic devices.

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The authors would like to thank Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore management, for their continuous support and encouragement to carry out the research and development works, and Mrs. M.V. Beena, IITM, Chennai, for providing the VSM facilities to perform the magnetic characterization study.

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  1. Department of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, India

    P. Sathish Kumar & S. Madeswaran

  2. Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, 603203, India

    I. Phebe Kokila & Helen Annal Therese

  3. School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People’s Republic of China

    M. Kanagaraj & Liang He

  4. Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India

    Anil Kumar Paidi

  5. York-Nanjing Joint Centre for Spintronics and Nano Engineering (YNJC), School of Electronics Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People’s Republic of China

    Liang He

  6. Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, 603203, India

    Helen Annal Therese

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Kumar, P.S., Kokila, I.P., Kanagaraj, M. et al. Solution Combustion Synthesis of Rare Earth Orthoferrite Nanoparticles: a Comparative Study on Multiferroic Properties of Er–FeO3 vs (La,Yb)FeO3. J Supercond Nov Magn 33, 3621–3629 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05625-9

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