Magnetic Field-Induced Ferroelectric Switching in Multiferroic Aurivillius Phase Thin Films at Room Temperature
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Abstract
Single-phase multiferroic materials are of considerable interest for future memory and sensing applications. Thin films of Aurivillius phase Bi7Ti3Fe3O21 and Bi6Ti2.8Fe1.52Mn0.68O18 (possessing six and five perovskite units per half-cell, respectively) have been prepared by chemical solution deposition on c-plane sapphire. Superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry reveal Bi7Ti3Fe3O21 to be antiferromagnetic (TN = 190 K) and weakly ferromagnetic below 35 K, however, Bi6Ti2.8Fe1.52Mn0.68O18 gives a distinct room-temperature in-plane ferromagnetic signature (Ms = 0.74 emu/g, μ0Hc =7 mT). Microstructural analysis, coupled with the use of a statistical analysis of the data, allows us to conclude that ferromagnetism does not originate from second phase inclusions, with a confidence level of 99.5%. Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) demonstrates room-temperature ferroelectricity in both films, whereas PFM observations on Bi6Ti2.8Fe1.52Mn0.68O18 show Aurivillius grains undergo ferroelectric domain polarization switching induced by an applied magnetic field. Here, we show for the first time that Bi6Ti2.8Fe1.52Mn0.68O18 thin films are both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic and, demonstrate magnetic field-induced switching of ferroelectric polarization in individual Aurivillius phase grains at room temperature.
Date Issued
2013-07-25
Date Acceptance
2013-05-24
Citation
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2013, 96 (8), pp.2339-2357
ISSN
0002-7820
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
2339
End Page
2357
Journal / Book Title
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume
96
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2013 The American Ceramic Society. This is the accepted version of the following article: Keeney, L., Maity, T., Schmidt, M., Amann, A., Deepak, N., Petkov, N., Roy, S., Pemble, M. E. and Whatmore, R. W. (2013), Magnetic Field-Induced Ferroelectric Switching in Multiferroic Aurivillius Phase Thin Films at Room Temperature. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 96: 2339–2357. doi:10.1111/jace.12467, which has been published in final form at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.12467
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Ceramics
Materials Science
MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS
PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY
MAGNETOELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS
DOMAIN-STRUCTURE
SOLID-SOLUTIONS
T-C
OXIDE
BI6FE2TI3O18
SYSTEM
ELECTROMECHANICS
NANOPARTICLES
Materials
0912 Materials Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Publication Status
Published