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Title: Effect of Co substitution on the magnetic properties of BiFeO3
Authors: Ray, J.
Biswal, A.K
Acharya, S.
Ganesan, V.
Pradhan, D.K.
Vishwakarma, P. N.
Keywords: Cluster glass
Arrott plot
First order phase transition
Cycloidal spin model
Issue Date: Jul-2012
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324 (2012) 4084–4089
Abstract: Bismuth ferrite is doped with a dilute concentration of cobalt, BiFe1XCoXO3; X¼0, 0.01, 0.02 is prepared by sol-gel auto combustion technique. X-ray diffraction data refined via Reitveld method shows single phase and shrinkage in cell volume for Co doped BiFeO3. Various magnetic ground states viz. superparamagnetic, glassy antiferromagnetic and glassy ferrimagnetic behavior is observed for X¼0, 0.01, 0.02, respectively. A first-order magnetic transition is observed in the Arrott plot data of cobalt doped BiFeO3. Possibility of thermally induced magnetic transition is also seen in the magnetization data of cobalt doped BiFeO3. A model based on the existing spinoidal cyclic arrangement of spins is proposed to explain the observed data. Finally, a very dilute concentration of Coþ3 in BiFeO3 is found sufficient to tailor the magnetic properties.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2080/2088
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