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- Title
Microstructures, ferromagnetic, and ferroelectric properties in polyvinylpyrrolidone-assisted CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/Pb(Zr<sub>0.53</sub>Ti<sub>0.47</sub>)O<sub>3</sub> multiferroic composite thick films.
- Authors
Chen, W.; Chen, X. F.; Wang, Z. H.; Zhu, W.; Tan, O. K.
- Abstract
CoFe2O4/Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 (CFO/PZT) multiferroic composite thick films with different CFO mass fractions have been prepared onto Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate by a hybrid sol–gel process and spin coating technique. Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was employed to be an assistance to the sol–gel solution for enhancing the film thickness and promising a crack-free film surface. After annealing at 650 °C in air for 1 h, phase structure, microstructure, magnetic and ferroelectric properties as well as leakage current of multiferroic thick films were investigated. X-ray diffraction indicated a deeply buried distribution of CFO particles in the PZT matrix. Scanning electronic microscopes showed crack-free surfaces and a decreasing film thickness from 7.2 μm to 6.2 μm with increasing CFO content. Furthermore, the saturated magnetization and remanent magnetization were also hence increased. In addition, mass fraction of CFO in PZT matrix was also estimated from 0.36% to 4.58% according to the relationship between Ms and magnetic content. Ferroelectric hysteresis loops revealed saturated polarization ( Ps) and remanent polarization ( Pr) were diluted by CFO till its mass fraction rising to 1.8%. After that, polarization was increased with further increasing CFO content. Enhanced leakage was demonstrated to be partially contributed to them. A critical content of 1.8% was hence confirmed, where ferroelectric and magnetic properties can be balanced, indicating a possible stress-transferred magnetoelectric coupling effect in this composite.
- Subjects
FERROMAGNETIC materials; FERROMAGNETISM; FERROELECTRIC crystals; FERROELECTRIC RAM; POVIDONE; COBALT compounds
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science, 2009, Vol 44, Issue 18, p4939
- ISSN
0022-2461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10853-009-3754-7