Title :
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
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; BiFe1-xNdxO3; 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;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology (ICONSET), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0071-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICONSET.2011.6167960
