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Preparation and characterization of BaTiO3–natural muscovite composites

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Natural muscovite (nM) exhibiting magnetic vortex states are ball milled into fine powder and mixed in different relative ratios (weight %) with ferroelectric barium titanate (BaTiO3) synthesized by solid-state reaction. The mixture is ball milled and pressed into pellets and then sintered at 600 °C for 2 h. The composite samples of formula, (1 − x)BaTiO3-(x)nM, where x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 are prepared for studying its multifunctional properties. The composite samples are investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, dielectric spectroscopy, ferroelectric polarization and magnetization measurements performed at room temperature. The XRD studies confirm the presence of only the constituent ferroelectric BaTiO3 and ferromagnetic nM phases and no other additional phases. The dielectric constant of the prepared (1 − x)BaTiO3-(x)nM composites exhibits relatively least dispersion at higher frequencies (> 100 kHz). Further, the composite samples exhibit ferroelectric polarization hysteresis and also considerable leakage current which is explainable by the space charge limited conduction (SCLC) mechanism. Out of the three composite samples, 0.7BaTiO3–0.3 nM shows ferromagnetic behavior with signatures for the presence of magnetic vortex states that is similar to that of the pure nM single crystal sheets.

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Dr. K. Balamurugan acknowledges Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India for Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Faculty Award and Research Grant (IFA14-PH91), and also National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli for hosting as an INSPIRE Faculty. Also, the author would like to thank the National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. 2022R1A2C1004283) and also appreciate the Core Research Support Center for Natural Products and Medical Materials (CRCNM) at Yeungnam University, South Korea.

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    M. Kirubanithy, N. Gopalakrishnan & K. Balamurugan

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    S. Divya & Tae Hwan Oh

  3. Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, 609609, India

    K. Balamurugan

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Kirubanithy, M., Divya, S., Oh, T.H. et al. Preparation and characterization of BaTiO3–natural muscovite composites. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 20656–20667 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08877-4

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