Enhanced off-resonance magnetoelectric response in laser annealed PZT thick film grown on magnetostrictive amorphous metal substrate

Journal Article · Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926568· OSTI ID:22482019

Palneedi, Haribabu ^[1]; Maurya, Deepam; Priya, Shashank ^[2]; Kim, Gi-Yeop; Choi, Si-Young ^[3]; Kang, Suk-Joong L. ^[1]; Kim, Kwang-Ho ^[4]; Ryu, Jungho ^[5]

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1. Materials Interface Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)
2. Bio-inspired Materials and Devices Laboratory (BMDL), Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 (United States)
3. Materials Modeling and Characterization Department, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 641-831 (Korea, Republic of)
4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735 (Korea, Republic of)
5. Functional Ceramics Group, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 641-831 (Korea, Republic of)

A highly dense, 4 μm-thick Pb(Zr,Ti)O{sub 3} (PZT) film is deposited on amorphous magnetostrictive Metglas foil (FeBSi) by granule spray in vacuum process at room temperature, followed by its localized annealing with a continuous-wave 560 nm ytterbium fiber laser radiation. This longer-wavelength laser radiation is able to anneal the whole of thick PZT film layer without any deteriorative effects, such as chemical reaction and/or atomic diffusion, at the interface and crystallization of amorphous Metglas substrate. Greatly enhanced dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the annealed PZT are attributed to its better crystallinity and grain growth induced by laser irradiation. As a result, a colossal off-resonance magnetoelectric (ME) voltage coefficient that is two orders of magnitude larger than previously reported output from PZT/Metglas film-composites is achieved. The present work addresses the problems involved in the fabrication of PZT/Metglas film-composites and opens up emerging possibilities in employing piezoelectric materials with low thermal budget substrates (suitable for integrated electronics) and designing laminate composites for ME based devices.

• OSTI ID: 22482019
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 1; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANNEALING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRYSTALLIZATION
DEPOSITS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
FABRICATION
FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS
FILMS
GRAIN GROWTH
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
MAGNETOSTRICTION
PIEZOELECTRICITY
PZT
SUBSTRATES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
YTTERBIUM