Abstract
Uniform BiFeO
3 (BFO) nanoparticles was prepared by hydrothermal synthesis method using Fe(NO 3 3 ·9H 2 O and
Bi(NO 3 3 ·5H 2 O as the basic raw materials. Studies have shown that pure phase BFO nanoparticles could be prepared
successfully under hydrothermal conditions of reaction temperature of 200 °C and time of 24 h. Particle shapes of the
powder are uniform as well as the sizes, which have not yet been reported, and remanen t magnetization of which reaches
0.054 emu/g. Temperature dependences of the saturation magnetization curve was measured, from which Curie
temperature and Neel temperature of BFO nanoparticles are confirmed, predicting the coupling between the
ferromagneti sm and ferroelectricity should be strong. Possible formation mechanism of the microcrystal was also
proposed..
Keywords
Hydrothermal synthesis, BiFeO3, Nanoparticles, Raman.
Citation
YAN LU, JIANKANG LI, Controlled fabrication of BiFeO3 uniform nanoparticles and their magnetic behaviors, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 1-2, January-February 2013, pp.96-99 (2013).
Submitted at: Sept. 28, 2012
Accepted at: Feb. 20, 2013