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Yttrium (Y) modified nanocrystalline samples of BiFeO 3 (BFO) were prepared by a metal ion ligand complex-based precursor-solution evaporation method. Partial substitution of Y (0-15%) at the Bi site results in structural change (rhombohedral to tetragonal) and single phase formation. With increasing Y concentration, enhancement in dielectric ordering, reduction in loss tangent and improvement in magnetic ordering in BFO were observed. Diffuse peaks in both permittivity and loss tangent were observed at 207 • C and 222 • C, respectively, for 15% substitution of Y. In all the Y substituted BFO samples, a switching behavior in low fields was observed in the field dependence of magnetization, even at room temperature, and this behavior was found to be improved with increasing Y concentration.

Polycrystalline powder of (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 (NBT) was prepared by a high-temperature solid-state reaction route. Preliminary x-ray diffraction analysis carried out at room temperature showed the formation of a single phase compound with a rhombohedral crystal system. Scanning electron micrograph reveals the polycrystalline nature of the material with size anisotropy. Dielectric study showed an existence of diffuse phase transition around 300 °C. The ac conductivity spectrum obeyed the Jonscher power law. The temperature dependent pre-exponential factor (A) shows peak and frequency exponent (n) possesses a minimum at transition temperature. The bulk conductivity of the material indicates an Arrhenius type of thermally activated process with three different conduction mechanisms as different activation energies are observed. The hopping charge carriers dominate at low temperature, small polaron and oxygen vacancy dominates at intermediate temperature and ionic conduction at higher temperatures. Studies of impedance spectroscopy indicate that the dielectric relaxation is of non-Debye type. In situ high-temperature Raman spectroscopy shows discontinuous changes in the phonon frequencies across the rhombohedral–tetragonal transition. In addition, anomalous changes in the intensity and the linewidth of a lattice mode are found around 350 °C.

The coexistence of the magnetic and the electrical properties in lanthanum (La)-modified bismuth ferrite (Bi1−xLaxFeO3, x=0.05, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2) ceramics was studied and compared with those of bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3). The presence of a small secondary phase of BiFeO3 (arises due to excess Bi2O3) was removed on La substitution at the Bi site, as observed in x-ray diffraction (XRD). The effect of La substitution on dielectric constant, loss tangent, and remnant polarization of the samples was studied in a wide range of temperature (77–400K) and frequency (1kHz–1MHz). The variation of magnetization, coercive field, and exchange bias with temperature (2–300K) and La concentration were investigated. These changes in the magnetic parameters with La doping along with those of the electron magnetic resonance parameters measured at 300K and 9.28GHz are understood in terms of increase in the magnetic anisotropy and magnetization. These results also show that stabilization of crystal structure and nonuniformity in spin cycloid structure by La substitution enhances the multiferroic properties of BiFeO3.

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