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A quantitative model based on an experimental study for the magnetoelectric coupling at the interface of cobalt ferrite–barium titanate nanocomposites

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An experimental study has been proposed to quantitatively analyze the magnetoelectric coupling at the interface of magnetoelectric nanocomposites. For that, we present a quantitative model to switch the magnetoelectric response based on the relative constituent ratios and the interface interaction for a case study: magnetoelectric [(1 − x) CoFe2O4 (CFO) + (x) BaTiO3 (BTO): x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.0) nanocomposites. The parameters used to develop this model are function of magnetization, polarization and their magnetoelectric coupling. The analysis showed that: (1) the direct–direct interaction acts a switching tool for the magnetoelectric coupling and (2) it is directly proportional to x-content for the whole matrix. Overall, this observation enables the control of the inter-conversion of energies stored in electric and magnetic fields for several electronic applications as magnetic field sensors and transducers.

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The difference number Nd or percentage DP, % between CFO and BTO nanoparticles is inversely proportional to x within [(1-x) CFO + (x) BTO: x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1] within the whole matrix, leading to that the direct-direct interaction at CFO-BTO interface gradually increases from \(\alpha_{E} = \frac{{{\text{d}}E}}{{{\text{d}}H}}\)

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  1. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0814, Japan

    M. Rasly

  2. Ultrasonic Laboratory, National Institute for Standards, Tersa Street, P.O. Box 136, El-Giza, 12211, Egypt

    M. Afifi

  3. Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), P.O. Box: 87, Helwan, 11421, Egypt

    M. Rasly, A. E. Shalan & M. M. Rashad

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Rasly, M., Afifi, M., Shalan, A.E. et al. A quantitative model based on an experimental study for the magnetoelectric coupling at the interface of cobalt ferrite–barium titanate nanocomposites. Appl. Phys. A 123, 331 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-0954-x

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