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Synthesis of powders and thin films of bismuth ferrite from solution: a magneto-electric study

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Metalorganic decomposition and coprecipitation from aqueous solution have been used to synthesize thin film and bulk bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) with perovskite structure. X-ray diffraction, thermomagnetic analysis, and scanning electron microscopy were used to analyze the material and identify spurious phases. The magnetic characterization at room temperature revealed remarkable differences between bulk and film samples. The results show that in BiFeO3 bulk ceramics, spontaneous magnetization is not observed at room temperature. Nevertheless, in thin films, a well-defined ferromagnetic behavior is observed at room temperature. Dielectric measurements taken on ceramic samples present an anomaly around 643 K that can be associated with the Néel temperature.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Gladys Labrada at InstitutoPotosino de InvestigaciónCientífica y Tecnológica, México, for the SEM measurements and ICTP for financial support of the Latin-American Network of Ferroelectric Materials (NET-43). The authors wish to thank also CINVESTAV, Unidad Querétaro, for infrastructure facilities. Dr. Osmany García and Dr. Francisco Calderón wish to thank CONACyT for financial support.

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  1. Facultad de Física - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales, Universidad de La Habana, San Lázaro y L, Vedado, 10400, Havana, Cuba

    S. Díaz-Castañón, O. García-Zaldívar, J. Faloh-Gandarilla & F. Calderón-Piñar

  2. Istituto IMEM/CNR, Area delle Scienze 37/a, 43010 Loc., Fontanini (Parma), Italy

    B. E. Watts

  3. CINVESTAV-Unidad Querétaro, Libramiento Norponiente No. 2000, Real de Juriquilla, 76230, Querétaro, QRO, Mexico

    O. García-Zaldívar, F. Calderón-Piñar, M. A. Hernández-Landaverde & F. J. Espinoza-Beltran

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Díaz-Castañón, S., García-Zaldívar, O., Faloh-Gandarilla, J. et al. Synthesis of powders and thin films of bismuth ferrite from solution: a magneto-electric study. Appl. Phys. A 117, 1283–1288 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8523-z

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