Magnetoelectric composite materials based on lead zirconate titanate and nickel ferrite
- Rostov State Univ., Rostov-na-Donu (Russian Federation)
Composite materials that consist of a piezoelectric phase and a magnetostrictive ferrite exhibit a magnetoelectric effect. In composites, this effect is a consequence of the collective mechanical interaction of phases, and it manifests itself via electrical polarization or magnetization in magnetic or electric fields. At present, magnetoelectric composites are more promising materials than single-phase magnetoelectrics; most of the latter exhibit magnetoelectric properties at temperatures of liquid helium or nitrogen. For the best single-phase ferromagnet Cr{sub 2}O{sub 3}, the magnetoelectric conversion factor if {Delta}E/{Delta}H = 25 x 10{sup {minus}3} V/A; the largest {Delta}E/{Delta}H ratios that were achieved for magnetoelectric ceramic materials prepared from powders of BaTiO{sub 3} and Ni{sub 0.97}Co{sub 0.03}Mn{sub 0.1}Fe{sub 1.9}O{sub 4} ferrite and for composites of the BaO-TiO{sub 2}-CoO-Fe{sub 2}O{sub 3} system prepared by unidirectional solidification of eutectic melts are 100 x 10{sup {minus}3} and 163 x 10{sup {minus}3} V/A, respectively. In addition to high {Delta}E/{Delta}H values, composites offer material designers the possibility of adjusting their piezoelectric and magnetostrictive components and of varying the ratios of these components over a wide range. This enables the design of magnetoelectric materials with controlled properties. In this paper, the authors report on the electrophysical and magnetoelectric properties of composites based on LZT and modified nickel ferrite and doped with bismuth, lanthanum, and niobium oxides.
- OSTI ID:
- 75679
- Journal Information:
- Inorganic Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1994; TN: Translated from Neorganicheskie Materialy; 30: No. 11, 1450-1453(1994)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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