Crossover from ordinary to relaxor ferroelectric state in particulate magnetoelectric composites (x)Mn_0.4Zn_0.6Fe₂O₄ – (1-x)PbZr_0.53Ti_0.47O₃

ABSTRACT

Particulate magnetoelectric composites (x)Mn_0.4Zn_0.6Fe₂O₄ – (1-x)PbZr_0.53Ti_0.47O₃ with x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.8 have been prepared using the ceramic technology. Prepared composites with x = 0.2 was revealed to be characterized by the crossover from the ordinary ferroelectric state to the relaxor ferroelectric state, and figure of merits of their magnetoelectric properties for the relaxor ferroelectric state exceed similar values for the ordinary ferroelectric state.

KEYWORDS:

• Particulate composite
• magnetoelectric interaction
• ferroelectrics
• relaxor
• crossover

Funding

The work has been executed with the financial support of RFBR (grant no. 16-02-00072).