Reduced leakage current and improved ferroelectricity in magneto-electric composite ceramics prepared with microwave assisted radiant hybrid sintering
- Ceramic Laboratory, Laser Materials Development and Devices Division, RRCAT, Indore 452013 (India)
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428 (India)
- Amity Center for Spintronic Materials, Amity University, Noida 201313 (India)
Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of magneto-electric composite ceramics viz., 0.9 BaTi{sub 0.95}Sn{sub 0.05}O{sub 3} (BTSO)- 0.1 Ni{sub 0.8}Zn{sub 0.2}Fe{sub 2}O{sub 4} (NZFO) prepared with microwave assisted radiant hybrid sintering (MARH) are reported. Phase purity and isovalent substitution of Ti{sup 4+} by Sn{sup 4+} of the samples is confirmed from x-ray diffraction and {sup 119}Sn Mossbauer measurements respectively. Significant suppression of leakage current and improvement of ferroelectricity is observed for the composites prepared with MARH. The observed results are explained in terms of uniform dispersion of ferrite (NZFO) phase in the ferroelectric (BTSO) matrix as evidenced from back-scattered scanning electron micrographs.
- OSTI ID:
- 22488543
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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