Tuning magnetic properties of BiFeO3 thin films by controlling rare-earth doping: Experimental and first-principles studies

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 14351-14357

  Hong, Nguyen Hoa ^a   Thu Huong, Ngo ^a,b   Kim, Tae Young ^a   Goumri Said, Souraya ^c   Kanoun, Mohammed Benali ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FERROMAGNETISM; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RARE EARTHS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS;

BIFEO3 THIN FILM; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; FERROMAGNETIC PHASE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; RARE EARTH DOPING; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84933037817     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03834     Document Type: Article

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