| Literature DB >> 25559139 |
Nicolas M Aimon1, Dong Hun Kim, XueYin Sun, C A Ross.
Abstract
Self-assembled BiFeO3-CoFe2O4 nanocomposites were templated into ordered structures in which the ferrimagnetic CoFe2O4 pillars form square arrays of periods 60-100 nm in a ferroelectric BiFeO3 matrix. The ferroelectricity, magnetism, conductivity, and magnetoelectric coupling of the ordered nanocomposites were characterized by scanning probe microscopy. The insulating BiFeO3 matrix exhibited ferroelectric domains, whereas the resistive CoFe2O4 pillars exhibited single-domain magnetic contrast with high anisotropy due to the magnetoelasticity of the spinel phase. Magnetoelectric coupling was observed in which an applied voltage led to reversal of the magnetic pillars.Entities:
Keywords: conductive AFM; magnetic force microscopy; magnetoelectric coupling; piezo-response force microscopy; templated self-assembly; vertically aligned nanocomposites
Year: 2015 PMID: 25559139 DOI: 10.1021/am506089c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ISSN: 1944-8244 Impact factor: 9.229