Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature

Single-phase multiferroics (MFs) exhibiting ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism and the strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling effect at room temperature are seen as key to the development of the next-generation of spintronic devices, multi-state memories, logic devices and sensors. Herein, the single...

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Main Authors: Zimeng Hu, Gavin B.G. Stenning, Hangfeng Zhang, Yu Shi, Vladimir Koval, Wanting Hu, Zhiyong Zhou, Chenglong Jia, Isaac Abrahams, Haixue Yan
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author Zimeng Hu
Gavin B.G. Stenning
Hangfeng Zhang
Yu Shi
Vladimir Koval
Wanting Hu
Zhiyong Zhou
Chenglong Jia
Isaac Abrahams
Haixue Yan
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Gavin B.G. Stenning
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Yu Shi
Vladimir Koval
Wanting Hu
Zhiyong Zhou
Chenglong Jia
Isaac Abrahams
Haixue Yan
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description Single-phase multiferroics (MFs) exhibiting ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism and the strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling effect at room temperature are seen as key to the development of the next-generation of spintronic devices, multi-state memories, logic devices and sensors. Herein, the single-tetragonal phase (1–x) (Sr0·3Bi0·35Na0·329Li0.021)TiO3-xBiFeO3 (x = 0.2 or 0.4) system was designed to study the intrinsic ME coupling effect at room temperature and high frequencies. The polarization arises from the cooperative displacement of both Fe3+ and Ti4+ relative to the oxygen sublattice in the tetragonally distorted perovskite structure, and the magnetization stems from indirect exchange magnetic interaction between adjacent iron ions. A switchable voltage-controlled magnetization was confirmed by a change of the coercive magnetic field, Hc, and remnant magnetization, Mr, in the x = 0.4 component subjected to an external electric field at room temperature and was possibly attributed to a strain-mediated ME coupling effect. In addition, resonance behaviours of the complex magnetic permeability and complex dielectric permittivity in the GHz band indicate that this ME effect is intrinsic in nature and could broaden the applications of multiferroics to devices operating at microwave frequencies.
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spelling doaj-art-f0e49db95be24691ba3e82d3c3462c1d2025-01-04T04:56:36ZengElsevierJournal of Materiomics2352-84782025-01-01111100857Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperatureZimeng Hu0Gavin B.G. Stenning1Hangfeng Zhang2Yu Shi3Vladimir Koval4Wanting Hu5Zhiyong Zhou6Chenglong Jia7Isaac Abrahams8Haixue Yan9School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom; Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 588 Heshuo Road, Jiading, Shanghai, 201899, ChinaISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX3, United KingdomSchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United KingdomKey Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of MOE, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, ChinaInstitute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01, Kosice, SlovakiaSchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United KingdomKey Laboratory of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 588 Heshuo Road, Jiading, Shanghai, 201899, China; Corresponding author.Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of MOE, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Corresponding author.Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United KingdomSchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.Single-phase multiferroics (MFs) exhibiting ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism and the strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling effect at room temperature are seen as key to the development of the next-generation of spintronic devices, multi-state memories, logic devices and sensors. Herein, the single-tetragonal phase (1–x) (Sr0·3Bi0·35Na0·329Li0.021)TiO3-xBiFeO3 (x = 0.2 or 0.4) system was designed to study the intrinsic ME coupling effect at room temperature and high frequencies. The polarization arises from the cooperative displacement of both Fe3+ and Ti4+ relative to the oxygen sublattice in the tetragonally distorted perovskite structure, and the magnetization stems from indirect exchange magnetic interaction between adjacent iron ions. A switchable voltage-controlled magnetization was confirmed by a change of the coercive magnetic field, Hc, and remnant magnetization, Mr, in the x = 0.4 component subjected to an external electric field at room temperature and was possibly attributed to a strain-mediated ME coupling effect. In addition, resonance behaviours of the complex magnetic permeability and complex dielectric permittivity in the GHz band indicate that this ME effect is intrinsic in nature and could broaden the applications of multiferroics to devices operating at microwave frequencies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352847824000625MultiferroicsMagnetoelectric couplingVoltage-controlled magnetization
spellingShingle Zimeng Hu
Gavin B.G. Stenning
Hangfeng Zhang
Yu Shi
Vladimir Koval
Wanting Hu
Zhiyong Zhou
Chenglong Jia
Isaac Abrahams
Haixue Yan
Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
Journal of Materiomics
Multiferroics
Magnetoelectric coupling
Voltage-controlled magnetization
title Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
title_full Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
title_fullStr Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
title_full_unstemmed Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
title_short Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
title_sort non volatile voltage controlled magnetization in single phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
topic Multiferroics
Magnetoelectric coupling
Voltage-controlled magnetization
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352847824000625
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