Deposition of epitaxial BiFeO3/CoFe2O4 nanocomposites on (001) SrTiO3 by combinatorial pulsed laser deposition

BiFeO3/CoFe2O4 (BFO/CFO) nanocomposites were grown on SrTiO3 by pulsed laser deposition using a combinatorial method in which Bi1.2FeO3 and CoFe2O4 targets are alternately ablated. The films had the same vertically nanostructured morphology as thin films prepared by ablation of a single target, cons...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2012-02, Vol.100 (9)
Main Authors: Aimon, Nicolas M., Hun Kim, Dong, Kyoon Choi, Hong, Ross, C. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:BiFeO3/CoFe2O4 (BFO/CFO) nanocomposites were grown on SrTiO3 by pulsed laser deposition using a combinatorial method in which Bi1.2FeO3 and CoFe2O4 targets are alternately ablated. The films had the same vertically nanostructured morphology as thin films prepared by ablation of a single target, consisting of epitaxial CoFe2O4 pillars in a BiFeO3 matrix. In a series of samples synthesized with a compositional spread, the out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy and the out-of-plane compressive strain of the CoFe2O4 pillars increased with decreasing volume fraction, and the anisotropy agreed with the value predicted from the strain state and magnetoelastic coefficients of CoFe2O4. These results show the dominant effect of magnetoelastic anisotropy in determining the magnetic hysteresis of the nanocomposite.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.3690957