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Structural, thermal, dielectric and multiferroic investigations on LaFeO3 composite systems

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The present study focuses on developing multiferroic properties in the perovskite orthoferrite LaFeO3 (LFO) at room temperature. The effect of perovskite ferroelectric and spinel magnetic interface has been investigated on the ferroelectric and magnetic properties of LFO. The composite systems are prepared by solid-state reaction route, using BaTiO3 (BTO) as the perovskite ferroelectric phase and CoFe2O4 (CFO) as the magnetic phase. The phase purity of the samples is confirmed through X-ray diffraction and the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The physical interaction of BTO and CFO with LFO is perceived from the peak broadening and shifting. Rietveld refinement confirms the single-phase orthorhombic formation of LaFeO3–CoFe2O4–BaTiO3 composites. The energy dispersive X-ray analysis reveals that the samples are without any impurity and the relative concentrations of constituent phases are close to the expected values. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy is utilized to determine the interplanar spacing and hence Bragg planes. Selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns reveal the polycrystalline nature of samples with a small local ordering. Specific heat variation against temperature depicts an anomaly at lower temperature around 130 °C that represents the transition of BaTiO3 from tetragonal ferroelectric to cubic paraelectric phase. The variation of dielectric constant with frequency is consistent with Maxwell–Wagner interfacial polarization model. The dielectric behavior of the composite systems reveals the frequency independent anomaly at the Curie temperature of BaTiO3, consistent with specific heat measurements. The simultaneous presence of ferroelectric and magnetic hysteresis loops confirms the multiferroism in the samples. The exchange bias effect is observed in all the samples and coercivity decreases with the increase in BaTiO3 concentration.

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One of the authors S. Manzoor is grateful to Dr. Shalendra Kumar, Electronic Materials & Nanomagnetism Lab., Amity University, Gurgaon for providing PE characterization and CIF, Guwahati for VSM facilities. Authors also acknowledge the University Sophisticated Instrument Facility (USIF), AMU for SEM and TEM measurements. Dr. Mohd. Jane Alam, spectroscopy lab, Department of Physics, A.M.U. Aligarh is acknowledged for his help in optical characterizations. A. Somvanshi is thankful to DAE CSR Mumbai to provide financial support under project CRS-M-271.

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Manzoor, S., Husain, S., Somvanshi, A. et al. Structural, thermal, dielectric and multiferroic investigations on LaFeO3 composite systems. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 7811–7830 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03320-y

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