Magnetoelectricity in CoFe2O4 nanocrystal-P(VDF-HFP) thin films

Liu, Xiaohua; Liu, Shuangyi; Han, Myung-Geun; Zhao, Lukas; Deng, Haiming; Li, Jackie; Zhu, Yimei; Krusin-Elbaum, Lia; O’Brien, Stephen

doi:10.1186/1556-276X-8-374

Magnetoelectricity in CoFe₂O₄ nanocrystal-P(VDF-HFP) thin films

Journal Article · Tue Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Nanoscale Research Letters (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-374· OSTI ID:1629166

Liu, Xiaohua ^[1]; Liu, Shuangyi ^[2]; Han, Myung-Geun ^[3]; Zhao, Lukas ^[4]; Deng, Haiming ^[4]; Li, Jackie ^[5]; Zhu, Yimei ^[3]; Krusin-Elbaum, Lia ^[6]; O’Brien, Stephen ^[7]

City College of New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States). Energy Institute; The Graduate Center of City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States). Department of Chemistry; DOE/OSTI
City College of New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Department of Mechanical Engineering; City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States). Energy Institute
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
City College of New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics
City College of New York, NY (United States). Department of Mechanical Engineering
City College of New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
City College of New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States). Energy Institute; The Graduate Center of City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States). Department of Chemistry

Transition metal ferrites such as CoFe₂O₄, possessing a large magnetostriction coefficient and high Curie temperature (T_c > 600 K), are excellent candidates for creating magnetic order at the nanoscale and provide a pathway to the fabrication of uniform particle-matrix films with optimized potential for magnetoelectric coupling. Here, a series of 0–3 type nanocomposite thin films composed of ferrimagnetic cobalt ferrite nanocrystals (8 to 18 nm) and a ferroelectric/ piezoelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropene), P(VDF-HFP), were prepared by multiple spin coating and cast coating over a thickness range of 200 nm to 1.6 μm. We describe the synthesis and structural characterization of the nanocrystals and composite films by XRD, TEM, HRTEM, STEM, and SEM, as well as dielectric and magnetic properties, in order to identify evidence of cooperative interactions between the two phases. The CoFe₂O₄ polymer nanocomposite thin films exhibit composition-dependent effective permittivity, loss tangent, and specific saturation magnetization (Ms). An enhancement of the effective permittivity and saturation magnetization of the CoFe₂O₄-P(VDF-HFP) films was observed and directly compared with CoFe₂O₄-polyvinylpyrrolidone, a non-ferroelectric polymer-based nanocomposite prepared by the same method. The comparison provided evidence for the observation of a magnetoelectric effect in the case of CoFe₂O₄-P(VDF-HFP), attributed to a magnetostrictive/piezoelectric interaction. An enhancement of Ms up to +20.7% was observed at room temperature in the case of the 10 wt.% CoFe₂O₄-P(VDF-HFP) sample.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886; AR0000114

OSTI ID:: 1629166

Journal Information:: Nanoscale Research Letters (Online), Journal Name: Nanoscale Research Letters (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 1556-276X

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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