Nanocrystalline multiferroic BiFeO3thin films made by room temperature sputtering and thermal annealing, and formation of an iron oxide-induced exchange bias

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 695, Issue , 2017, Pages 3061-3068

  Couture, P ^a,b   Williams, G V M ^b   Kennedy, J ^a,b   Leveneur, J ^a,b   Murmu, P P ^a   Chong, S V ^b   Rubanov, S ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

BiFeO3; Exchange bias; Ion beam sputtering; Multiferroic; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; HEMATITE; ION BEAMS; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETITE; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; SPUTTERING; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

BIFEO3; EXCHANGE BIAS; ION-BEAM SPUTTERING; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; MAGHEMITE NANOPARTICLE; MAGNETITE , MAGHEMITE; MULTIFERROICS; SATURATION MAGNETIC MOMENTS;

MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 85007427355     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.11.344     Document Type: Article

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