Abstract
Multiferroic thin films with the general formula BiFe1−xScxO3 (x=0.0, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5mol%) (BFS) were synthesized on Pt∕Ti∕SiO2∕Si substrates through a sol-gel deposition method. From the x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, it was observed that the unit cell volume increased upon Sc doping up to 0.3mol%. Impure phase appeared for the BFS (Sc: 0.5mol%) films. Leakage current, ferroelectric, and magnetic properties were also found to improve for Sc doping up to 0.3mol%. Room temperature magnetic coercive field for in-plane orientation of films showed the lowest value for BFS (Sc: 0.3mol%) films, which indicates that BFS (Sc: 0.3mol%) films were more magnetically soft. Room temperature value of the magnetodielectric effect in the presence of magnetic field of 8kOe was found to have maximum of 3.36% for the BFS (Sc: 0.3mol%) films. From the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, it was observed that the Fe has mixed valency states of 2+ and 3+. The ratio of Fe2+ and Fe3+ was found to decrease slightly in BFS (Sc: 0.3mol%) films. The improved leakage current and M-H loops support the authors’ observation.
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Created | 18 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 8, 2007, 7 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 2, 2023, 11:55 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks, 4 days ago (July 30, 2025, 6:48 a.m.) |
Issued | 18 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 8, 2007) |
Published | 18 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 8, 2007) |
Published Online | 18 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 8, 2007) |
Published Print | 18 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 8, 2007) |
@article{Shannigrahi_2007, title={Sc modified multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films prepared through a sol-gel process}, volume={90}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2430652}, DOI={10.1063/1.2430652}, number={2}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Shannigrahi, S. R. and Huang, A. and Chandrasekhar, N. and Tripathy, D. and Adeyeye, A. O.}, year={2007}, month=jan }