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Multiferroic properties of Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12–NiFe2O4–Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 trilayer composite thin films prepared by a sol–gel process

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Lead-free multiferroic Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12–NiFe2O4–Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 trilayer composite thin films were oriented and deposited on LaNiO3/Si substrates via sol–gel method. In the heterostructures, the coexistence of ferroelectric polarization (P r = 7 μC/cm2), magnetization (M s = 110 emu/cm3), high in-plane magnetoelectric voltage coefficient (αE = ~43 mV/cm Oe), and distinct converse magnetoelectric effect has been validated at room temperature, which is advantageous for multi-functional devices. The improved magnetic and magnetoelectric properties may be due to the oriented growth, whereas the ferroelectric properties was enhanced because of the improved fatigue endurance properties and reduced leakage current.

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Acknowledgments

The work was supported by funding from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11104116, 50972049, 51172094 and 51072171), the Outstanding Young Scientists Foundation Grant of Shandong Province (No. BS2011CL003), 973 Program (Grant No. 2012CB326404) and the Doctoral Foundation of University of Jinan, China (No. 161220).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China

    Feng Yang, Fuwei Zhang & Cuifang Dong

  2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Preparation and Measurement of Building Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China

    Feng Yang

  3. Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials in Universities of Shandong, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China

    Feng Yang & Fen Liu

  4. Key Laboratory for Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education (Xiangtan University), Xiangtan, 411105, Hunan, China

    Fen Liu & Minghua Tang

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Yang, F., Zhang, F., Dong, C. et al. Multiferroic properties of Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12–NiFe2O4–Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 trilayer composite thin films prepared by a sol–gel process. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 73, 469–475 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-014-3563-6

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