Investigation of magnetoelectric effect in novel multiferroic thin films for MEMS applications

Prashanthi K., Palkar V.R.
Centre for Excellence in Nanoelectronics, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India

Abstract: In this paper, we report the room temperature magnetoelectric properties of Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3 (BDFO) thin films deposited on conducting p-type (100) silicon substrates using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. BDFO thin films on silicon demonstrated a saturated ferroelectric hysteresis and ferromagnetic hysteresis. More interestingly, we have observed a change in electric polarization with applied magnetic field which demonstrates the room temperature magnetoelectric (M-E) coupling in these films. The results suggest the potential application of multiferroic BDFO films in MEMS as sensors as well as actuators. ©2009 IEEE.

Year: 2009
Source title: Applied Electromagnetics Conference, AEMC 2009 and URSI Commission B Meeting
Art. No.: 5430643
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Document Type: Conference Paper
Source: Scopus
Authors with affiliations:

1. Prashanthi, K., Centre for Excellence in Nanoelectronics, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
2. Palkar, V.R., Centre for Excellence in Nanoelectronics, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India

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