Abstract
PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3/CoFe2O4 multilayer nanostructures were grown on La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 coated MgO and Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Ferroelectric polarization decreased slowly in reducing the temperature from 300 to 200 K, with complete collapse of polarization at 100 K, but there was complete recovery of the polarization during heating. At the same time, the temperature dependent remanent magnetization of the multilayer nanostructures showed slow enhancement in the magnitude till 200 K with three-fold increase at 100 K compared to room temperature. Thus the enhancement in remanent magnetization and the decrease in polarization on lowering the temperature suggest that dynamic the magnetoelectric coupling existed in the multilayer systems.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by DOE-DE-FG02-08ER46526 grant.