Abstract
A large magnetodielectric effect in (1-x) La2NiMnO6—(x) La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 composites over wide frequency and temperature ranges is reported. The results indicate that variation of dielectric constants with magnetic fields depends non-monotonously on the molar ratio of two compounds and reaches a maximum up to 20% for x = 0.4 at the frequency of 1 MHz and field of 1 kOe at room temperature. The further analyses suggest that this effect is closely related to the magnetoresistance. These findings provide an alternative strategy to achieve a room temperature magnetodielectric response in multiferroic composites, indicating that it is promising for potential applications.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Basic Research Program of China (Contract Nos. 2006CB922005 and 2009CB929502).