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Effect of microwave sintering on the structural, optical and electrical properties of BaTiO3 nanoparticles

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BaTiO3 nanoparticles were prepared by high energy ball milling and subjected to conventional and microwave post sintering at 1,000 °C. From the powder X-ray diffraction results, the synthesized material exhibits strong tetragonality with large c/a ratio. Scanning electron microscope results show the formation of tetragonal shaped BaTiO3 crystals in the nanometer scale and a significant reduction in the particle size for the microwave sintered sample. The reduced d-spacing of 1.741 Å with high crystallinity for the microwave sintered material is revealed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis. Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy studies confirm the higher optical band gap (Eg) of 4.157 eV for the microwave sintered sample. Microwave sintered sample shows a very high dielectric constant of εr = 4,445 with a low dielectric loss as tan δ = 0.0961. Microwave sintered sample exhibit a high polarization maximum of 73 μC/mm2 with reduced coercivity to be 0.293 kV/mm.

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  1. Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai, 600 025, India

    R. Vasudevan, D. Selvakumar & R. Jayavel

  2. Department of Medical Physics, Anna University, Chennai, 600 025, India

    R. Vasudevan & S. Ganesan

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, 502 205, India

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Vasudevan, R., Karthik, T., Selvakumar, D. et al. Effect of microwave sintering on the structural, optical and electrical properties of BaTiO3 nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 25, 529–537 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-013-1620-5

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