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Title: | Nanostructure stabilization by low-temperature dopant pinning in multiferroic BiFeO3-based thin films produced by aqueous chemical solution deposition | Authors: | Gumiel, Carlos Jardiel, Teresa Calatayud, David G. VRANKEN, Thomas VAN BAEL, Marlies HARDY, An Lourdes Calzada, Maria Jimenez, Ricardo Garcia-Hernandez, Mar Mompean, Federico J. Caballero, Amador C. Peiteado, Marco |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Source: | JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 8 (12) , p. 4234 -4245 | Abstract: | The metastability impediment which usually prevents the obtaining of a phase-pure BiFeO3 material can be dramatically stressed when taking the system to the thin film configuration. In order to preserve the stoichiometry, the films need to be processed at low temperatures and hence the solid-state diffusion processes which usually govern the microstructural evolution in bulk cannot be expected to also rule the development of the functional films. All these circumstances were presumed when exploring the possibilities of an aqueous solution-gel process plus spin-coating deposition method to reproduce, in thin film dimensions, the excellent multiferroic properties that have been previously observed with an optimized rare-earth and Ti4+-codoped BiFeO3 bulk composition. The experiments indicate high reliability for the tested methodology, allowing for the obtaining of homogeneous dense films at temperatures as low as 600 degrees C and with a tunable multiferroic response depending on the formulated rare-earth (Sm or Nd). Thorough structural characterization of the films reveals that despite the low temperature processing restrictions, effective microstructural control is achieved at the nanoscale, which is attributed to effective retention (pinning) of the dopants inside the perovskite structure of BiFeO3. | Notes: | Jardiel, T (reprint author), Inst Ceram & Vidrio CSIC, Dept Electroceram, Madrid, Spain. jardiel@icv.csic.es |
Other: | Jardiel, T (reprint author), Inst Ceram & Vidrio CSIC, Dept Electroceram, Madrid, Spain. jardiel@icv.csic.es | Keywords: | DOPED BIFEO3;ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES;PHASE-TRANSITION;ND;MICROSTRUCTURE;SUBSTRATE;THICKNESS;CERAMICS;SM | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/31254 | ISSN: | 2050-7526 | e-ISSN: | 2050-7534 | DOI: | 10.1039/c9tc05912a | ISI #: | WOS:000526888700029 | Rights: | This article is Open Access. Creative Commons BY license | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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