Multiferroics (MF) have attracted much research attention due to the coexistence of ferroelectric and magnetic ordering as well as magnetoelectric (ME) coupling. At present there are very few room temperature single phase MF except BiFeO3. Multiferroic properties of Aurivillius compound Bi5FeTi3O15 were reported at 80 K. The at 80 K. The at 80 K. The at 80 K. The at 80 K. The magnetization of Bi5FeTi3O15 was significantly improved by substituting parts of Fe cations by Co cations. Bi5FeTi3O15 showed ferromagnetic order above room temperature. The magnetic cations Fe/Co in B-site contribute to the both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties, which could possibly induce strong magnetoelectric effect. Aurivillius materials are layered structured materials with formula (Bi (Bi2O2)2+ (A m-1BmO3m+1 )2-. The polarization of Aurivillius materials is mainly in a-b plane . High dense and textured ceramics were fabricated by a two-step spark plasma sintering (SPS) method to improve the polarization of ceramics. The multiferroic properties of of Aurivillius materials with different octahedral layers (m=2, 3, 4 and 5) were investigated. All these materials showed ferroelectric and ferromagnetic order at room temperature except Bi 3Nb 1.1251.1251.1251.1251.125Fe 0.1250.1250.1250.1250.125Co 0.1250.1250.1250.1250.125Ti 0.750.750.750.75O9 (m = 2). (m = 2). (m = 2). (m = 2). (m = 2). Bi 3.253.253.253.25La 0.750.750.750.75Nb 0.250.250.250.25Fe 0.1250.1250.1250.1250.125Co 0.1250.1250.1250.1250.125Ti 2.52.52.5O12 (m = 3) was identified to be single phase. (m = 3) was identified to be single phase. Although a small amount of secondary phase (CoFe (CoFe2O4/Co /Co2FeOFeOFeO4) were found in Bi 4.254.254.254.25La 0.750.750.750.75Fe 0.50.50.5Co 0.50.50.5Ti 3O15 (m = 4) and Bi 5.25.25.25La 0.750.750.750.75FeCoTiFeCoTiFeCoTiFeCoTi FeCoTi3O18 (m = 5), ), the intrinsic multiferroicity of the main Aurivillius phase was confirmed by the magnetic controlled ferroelectric domain switching. Clear ME couplings were observed in these materials.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:765799 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Li, Zheng |
| Publisher | Queen Mary, University of London |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23218 |
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