Coexistence of relaxor behavior and ferromagnetic order in multiferroic Pb(Fe<sub>0.5</sub>Nb<sub>0.5</sub>)O<sub>3</sub>–BiFeO<sub>3</sub> solid solution
Haijuan Li, Jian Zhuang, Alexei A. Bokov, Nan Zhang, Jie Zhang, Wei Ren, Zuo‐Guang Ye
Abstract
The magnetic–ferroelectric phase diagram of the (1 − <italic>x</italic>)Pb(Fe<sub>1/2</sub>Nb<sub>1/2</sub>)O<sub>3</sub>–<italic>x</italic>BiFeO<sub>3</sub> (<italic>x</italic> ≤ 0.3) solid solution system is constructed which shows the coexistence of relaxor ferroelectric behaviour and a weakly ferromagnetic state at room temperature.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceMultiferroicsFerromagnetismFerroelectricityCondensed matter physicsPhase diagramSolid solutionPhase (matter)CrystallographyPhysicsDielectricMetallurgyOptoelectronicsQuantum mechanicsChemistryMultiferroics and related materialsFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsDielectric properties of ceramics