Issue 8, 2011
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Nanoscale

Multiferroic CoFe2O4–Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 core-shell nanofibers and their magnetoelectric coupling

Shuhong Xie,*ab   Feiyue Ma,b   Yuanming Liub  and  Jiangyu Li*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Faculty of Materials, Optoelectronics and Physics, Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials & Application Technology of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
E-mail: shxie@xtu.edu.cn

b Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A
E-mail: jjli@u.washington.edu
Fax: +(01) 206 685 8047

Abstract

Multiferroic CoFe2O4–Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 core-shell nanofibers have been synthesized by coaxial electrospinning in combination with a sol-gel process. The core-shell configuration of nanofibers has been verified by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, and the spinel structure of CoFe2O4 and perovskite structure of Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 have been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction. The multiferroic properties of core-shell nanofibers have been demonstrated by magnetic hysteresis and piezoresponse force microscopy, and their magnetoelectric coupling has been confirmed by evolution of piezoresponse under an external magnetic field, showing magnetically induced ferroelectric domain switching and changes in switching characteristics. The lateral magnetoelectric coefficient is estimated to be 2.95 × 104 mV/cmOe, two orders of magnitude higher than multiferroic thin films of similar composition.

Graphical abstract: Multiferroic CoFe2O4–Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 core-shell nanofibers and their magnetoelectric coupling

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1NR10288E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Mar 2011
Accepted
29 Apr 2011
First published
03 Jun 2011

Nanoscale, 2011,3, 3152-3158

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Multiferroic CoFe2O4–Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 core-shell nanofibers and their magnetoelectric coupling

S. Xie, F. Ma, Y. Liu and J. Li, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 3152 DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10288E

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