Abstract
Single-phase materials that are simultaneously ferroelectric and ferromagnetic at room temperature are promising for devices such as non-volatile random-access memory. Perovskite BiFeO3 which crystallizes in the polar rhombohedral structure (R3c) is ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic at room temperature. Here, we report a family of perovskite oxides in the BiFeO3 – Bi2/3TiO3 – ATiO3 (where A2+ is divalent alkaline earth metal ions e.g., Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+) ternary phase diagram that is polar as well as weak ferromagnetic above room temperature. The composition (Bi0.9167A0.075)(Fe0.9Ti0.1)O3 crystallizes in the polar rhombohedral structure space group R3c as corroborated by powder X-ray and neutron diffraction analysis. The nearly pure A-site perovskite possesses a long-range magnetic ordering above room temperature. These perovskites show a low dielectric loss, and the electrical response is dominated by grain contributions below 723 K.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 116869 |
Journal | Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology |
Volume | 298 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2023 |
Funding
Dr. P. Mandal and Ms. K N Malleswari acknowledge the financial support of the Early Career Research Grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India Grant No. ECR/2018/001252. The authors acknowledge the financial support from UGC-DAE CSR, India through a Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) project number CRS/2021-22/03/562. A portion of this research used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (IPTS-26971). WZ and PSH thank the Welch Foundation (Grant E-1457) and the NSF (DMR-2002319) for their support. Dr. P. Mandal and Ms. K N Malleswari acknowledge the financial support of the Early Career Research Grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India Grant No. ECR/2018/001252. The authors acknowledge the financial support from UGC-DAE CSR, India through a Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) project number CRS/2021-22/03/562. A portion of this research used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (IPTS-26971). WZ and PSH thank the Welch Foundation (Grant E-1457) and the NSF (DMR-2002319) for their support.
Keywords
- Impedance spectroscopy
- Multiferroic
- Perovskites
- Polar
- Weak ferromagnetic