Structural, electronic and optical properties of BiFeO3 studied by first-principles

K Liu, H Fan, P Ren, C Yang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2011 - Elsevier
The structural, electronic and optical properties of BiFeO3 (BFO) were investigated
employing the first-principles within generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The …

Study on quantitative Rietveld analysis of XRD patterns of different sizes of bismuth ferrite

S Rani, M Shekhar, P Kumar, S Prasad - Applied Physics A, 2022 - Springer
Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3 or BFO), is an extremely promising multiferroic material having
broad range of applications. In the present study, we investigated the optimization of …

Effects of microwave sintering power on microstructure, dielectric, ferroelectric and magnetic properties of bismuth ferrite ceramics

W Cai, C Fu, W Hu, G Chen, X Deng - Journal of alloys and compounds, 2013 - Elsevier
Multiferroic bismuth ferrite ceramics were fabricated via microwave sintering. The
microstructure, dielectric, ferroelectric and magnetic properties of bismuth ferrite ceramics …

Cubic pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate thin films for high‐temperature dielectric energy storage

EK Michael, S Trolier‐McKinstry - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thin films of cubic pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate, a lead‐free dielectric, were fabricated
using a solution chemistry based upon the Pechini method. Scanning electron microscopy …

Effect of the sintering temperature on the properties of nanocrystalline Ca1− xSmxMnO3 (0≤ x≤ 0.4) powders

I Matos, S Sério, ME Lopes, MR Nunes… - Journal of alloys and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline Ca1− xSmxMnO3 (0≤ x≤ 0.4) manganites were prepared by a soft
chemical method (Pechini method) followed by auto-combustion and sintering in air at 1073 …

Effect of processing parameters on the structural, electrical and magnetic properties of BFO thin film synthesized via RF magnetron sputtering

X Deng, J Huang, Y Sun, K Liu, R Gao, W Cai… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pure-phase perovskite BiFeO 3 thin films were successfully deposited on the Pt substrates
via radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The effect of O 2/Ar ratio on the microstructure of …

Sintering and microstuctural characterization of W6+, Nb5+ and Ti4+ iron-substituted BiFeO3

MS Bernardo, T Jardiel, M Peiteado… - Journal of alloys and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The sintering behaviour and the microstructural evolution of W 6+, Nb 5+ and Ti 4+ iron-
substituted BiFeO 3 ceramics have been analyzed. The obtained results show that W 6+ and …

Tuning the multiferroism and magnetoelectric coupling of bismuth ferrite via substitutional defects by Er and transition metals (Nb/Zr/Y)

IBS Banu, R Rajesh, MH Mamat… - … of Superconductivity and …, 2023 - Springer
The impact of partial substitution of erbium and transition metal (zirconium/yttrium/niobium)
at bismuth and iron site on multiferroism and magnetoelectric coupling of BFO was studied …

Unraveling optimized parameters for phase pure rhombohedral perovskite bismuth ferrite without leaching

F Jabeen, R Shahid, MS Khan, R Pandey - Applied Physics A, 2020 - Springer
Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3 or BFO in short), one of the very promising multi-ferroic materials
possessing a rhombohedrally distorted perovskite structure, has been synthesized using …

Enhanced piezoelectric properties of epitaxial W-doped BiFeO3 thin films

L Cheng, G Hu, B Jiang, C Yang, W Wu… - Applied physics …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
BiFeO 3 and BiFe 1-x W x O 3 (x= 0.005, 0.01, 0.02) films were epitaxially deposited on
LaNiO 3 (100)/Si substrates using a metal organic decomposition process. Well-saturated …