Multiferroic BaTiO 3-CoFe 2O 4 nano composite thin films grown by polymer-assisted deposition

  • L. H. Yan
  • , W. Z. Liang
  • , S. H. Liu
  • , W. Huang
  • , Yuangen Lin*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nanocomposite multiferroic BaTiO 3-CoFe 2O 4 thin films have been grown by a chemical solution deposition technique, named polymer-assisted deposition. X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, magnetic force microscopy and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy have been used to characterize the composite films. The self-assembled nanocomposite is revealed to be CoFe 2O 4 nano-particles embedded into the BaTiO 3 matrix. This is different with the BaTiO 3-NiFe 2O 4 system grown by PAD, in which the spinel NiFe 2O 4 is the matrix. The difference in the surface energy of the three materials is believed to be the key reason to explain the phenomenon.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)82-88
Number of pages7
JournalIntegrated Ferroelectrics
Volume131
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2011
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60976061 and No. 11028409), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. ZYGX2009Z0001).

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