Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1534-2
Keywords
La-doped BiFeO3 thin film; Multiferroicity; Magnetoelectric coupling; Scanning probe microscopy; Local conductivity
Funding
- National Key Projects for Basic Research of China [2015CB921203]
- National Key Research Programme of China [2016YFA0201004]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51472113, 11134005]
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Multiferroic La-doped BiFeO3 thin films have been prepared by a sol-gel plus spin-coating process, and the local magnetoelectric coupling effect has been investigated by the magnetic-field-assisted scanning probe microscopy connected with a ferroelectric analyzer. The local ferroelectric polarization response to external magnetic fields is observed and a so-called optimized magnetic field of similar to 40 Oe is obtained, at which the ferroelectric polarization reaches the maximum. Moreover, we carry out the magnetic-field-dependent surface conductivity measurements and illustrate the origin of local magnetoresistance in the La-doped BiFeO3 thin films, which is closely related to the local ferroelectric polarization response to external magnetic fields. This work not only provides a useful technique to characterize the local magnetoelectric coupling for a wide range of multiferroic materials but also is significant for deeply understanding the local multiferroic behaviors in the BiFeO3-based systems.
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