TY - JOUR
T1 - Samarium modified strontium bismuth niobate
T2 - Synthesis and ferroelectro-magnetic property evaluation
AU - Srinivas, A.
AU - Boey, F. Y. C.
AU - Sritharan, T.
PY - 2005/11/25
Y1 - 2005/11/25
N2 - SrBi2Nb2O9 (SBN) is an attractive ferroelectric material that is being considered in non-volatile random access memory cells. This study reports the effects of doping SBN at the Bi sites by the rare earth element Sm in the concentration range corresponding to x = 0-1 in the formula of SrBi2-xSmxNb2O9. A solid-state double sintering method is adopted to synthesize and sinter the compounds starting from raw materials. It is shown that the crystal structure of SBN is retained but with slight changes to the lattice parameter. The sintered density, electric polarization and magnetization are enhanced by Sm addition. This system could be considered ferroelectromagnetic in nature. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - SrBi2Nb2O9 (SBN) is an attractive ferroelectric material that is being considered in non-volatile random access memory cells. This study reports the effects of doping SBN at the Bi sites by the rare earth element Sm in the concentration range corresponding to x = 0-1 in the formula of SrBi2-xSmxNb2O9. A solid-state double sintering method is adopted to synthesize and sinter the compounds starting from raw materials. It is shown that the crystal structure of SBN is retained but with slight changes to the lattice parameter. The sintered density, electric polarization and magnetization are enhanced by Sm addition. This system could be considered ferroelectromagnetic in nature. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - Bismuth layer structured ferroelectrics (BLSFs)
KW - Magnetic measurements
KW - Magnetoelectrics
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mseb.2005.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.mseb.2005.08.003
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0921-5107
VL - 123
SP - 222
EP - 226
JO - Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
JF - Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
IS - 3
ER -