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Effect of Al3+ modification on cobalt ferrite and its impact on the magnetoelectric effect in BCZT–CFO multiferroic composites

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One of the methods to enhance the functional properties of two-phase multiferroic magnetoelectrics is to increase magnetostriction of the ferrite phase. Al3+-modified cobalt ferrite Co(Al0.5Fe1.5)O4 shows better magnetostriction than unmodified cobalt ferrite. It is used in combination with (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3 which has very good piezoelectric properties, to form a multiferroic composite. The composite shows good magnetoelectric characteristics, both macroscopically (converse magnetoelectric coefficient of 11 ps/m) and microscopically. Al3+ proves to be the best non-magnetic dopant to enhance magnetostriction in CoFe2O4 and thus the magnetoelectric coefficient.

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Acknowledgements

M.N.-U.-H. and D.C.L acknowledge support through DFG Forschergruppe 1509 Ferroic Functional Materials (Lu729/12). S.S., J.L. and H.W. would like to thank U.von Hörsten for his expert technical assistance. Their work was supported by Stiftung Mercator (MERCUR) and by the DFG within the SPP 1681 (WE2623/7-1) and FOR 1509 (We2623/13). M.N.-U.-H. would like to thank Smail Boukercha for assistance in SEM measurements.

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    M. Naveed-Ul-Haq, Vladimir V. Shvartsman, Gabriel Constantinescu, Harsh Trivedi & Doru C. Lupascu

  2. Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47057, Duisburg, Germany

    Soma Salamon, Joachim Landers & Heiko Wende

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Naveed-Ul-Haq, M., Shvartsman, V.V., Constantinescu, G. et al. Effect of Al3+ modification on cobalt ferrite and its impact on the magnetoelectric effect in BCZT–CFO multiferroic composites. J Mater Sci 52, 13402–13413 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1444-4

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