Synthesis, characterization and electrical properties of Nd-doped nano crystalline multiferroic bismuth ferrite

Author

Basil, S. ; Mukherjee, A. ; Houssain, SK M. ; Pal, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Nat. Inst. of Technol., Durgapur, India

fYear

2011

fDate

28-30 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

228

Lastpage

231

Abstract

Nd doped bismuth ferrite nanocrystals have been synthesized by the hydrothermal route. XRD, HRTEM, studies were done for the structural characterization of the samples. The a.c. conductivity of different BiFe1-xNdxO3 (x=0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05,0.07) nanoparticles have been investigated within a temperature range 77□ T □ 300K. Frequency dependent Conductivity of the nanocrystalline bismuth ferrite samples becomes lower when Nd is doped which indicates that doping of Nd will lower the leakage current.

Keywords

X-ray diffraction; bismuth compounds; doping; electrical conductivity; ferrites; leakage currents; multiferroics; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; neodymium; transmission electron microscopy; BiFe_1-xNd_xO₃; HRTEM; XRD; doping; electrical properties; ferroelectric properties; frequency dependent a.c. conductivity; hydrothermal method; leakage current; nanoparticles; neodymium-doped nanocrystalline multiferroic bismuth ferrite; structural properties; temperature 77 K to 300 K; Atmospheric measurements; Diffraction; Epitaxial growth; Ferrites; Magnetic properties; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temperature measurement; Nanocrystals; ac conductivity; multiferroics; thermal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology (ICONSET), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0071-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICONSET.2011.6167960

Filename

6167960