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Studies on magnetoelectric coupling and magnetic properties of (1 − x)BiFeO3–xBaTiO3 solid solutions

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Structure, magnetization and magnetoelectric coupling of (1 − x)BiFeO3–xBaTiO3 (BFO–BT) solid solutions have been studied as a function of BT content (x = 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 and 0.30).The phase purity and crystal lattice symmetry were estimated from X-ray diffraction studies, which undergo gradual, well-controlled structural transformations from rhombohedral to cubic structure with morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). The micro-structural features, observed by scanning electron microscopy, demonstrate that the ceramic has highly compact and uniform microstructure having average grain size ~(3 ± 1) μm. The room-temperature magnetization studies exhibit hysteretic behavior with remnant magnetization values of m r  ≤ 0.407 emu/gm and low coercivity H c  ≈ (196 − 1,989) Oe indicating that the latent magnetization locked within the toroidal spin structure of BFO has been released and low loss is achieved. An observation on low coercivity, magnetoelectric (ME) coupling coefficient α ≈ 11.6 mV/cm/Oe at 5,000 Oe, effective high magnetic susceptibility χ eff  ≈ 1.18 × 10−4 or 1.47 × 10−5 emu/gm Oe and pronounced anomaly in the dielectric constant near the magnetic transition temperature suggests quantitative as well as qualitative magnetoelectric coupling in BFO–BT solid solutions.

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A.K.G. is thankful to DST and DAE-BRNS, India for financial supports (Grant No.: SR/S2/CMP-0038/2008) and (Grant No.: 2011/37P/11/BRNS/1038-1) respectively. The authors would like to thank Prof. Om Parkash, Department of Ceramic Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, India for their assistance on XRD and SEM facility.

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    Manish Kumar & Anup K. Ghosh

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    Manish Kumar & S. Shankar

  3. Department of Physics, NSIT, New Delhi, 110078, India

    Manish Kumar, S. Shankar & O. P. Thakur

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Kumar, M., Shankar, S., Thakur, O.P. et al. Studies on magnetoelectric coupling and magnetic properties of (1 − x)BiFeO3–xBaTiO3 solid solutions. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 26, 1427–1434 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-2557-z

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