Magnetic characteristics of nanocrystalline multiferroic BiFeO3 at low temperatures

TitleMagnetic characteristics of nanocrystalline multiferroic BiFeO3 at low temperatures
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsVijayanand, S, Mahajan, MB, Potdar, HS, Joy, PAlias
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume80
Issue6
Pagination064423
Date PublishedAUG
ISSN1098-0121
Keywordsbismuth compounds, coercive force, crystallites, magnetic domains, magnetic transitions, Multiferroics, Nanostructured materials, Raman spectra, remanence
Abstract

The magnetic characteristics of nanocrystalline BiFeO3 with average crystallite sizes of similar to 50 and similar to 100 nm are evaluated by studying the temperature and field dependence of magnetization at low temperatures. Different properties such as magnetization, coercivity, and remanence show evidence for changes in the magnetic properties associated with the phase transitions at low temperatures, reported from Raman studies. Detailed field-cooled and zero-field-cooled magnetization measurements show that the likely origin of the changes in the magnetic characteristics is from the changes in the domain structure.

DOI10.1103/PhysRevB.80.064423
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)3.772
Divison category: 
Physical and Materials Chemistry