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The multiferroic magnetoelectric 2–2 laminated composite systems with BaTiO3 and NiFe2O4 as the ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic phases were successfully fabricated by co-firing technique. For this phase, pure BaTiO3 and NiFe2O4 were successfully synthesized by sol–gel and polyol method, respectively. The structural, microstructural, multiferroic and magnetoelectric coupling properties of phase pure and co-fired systems were investigated using X-ray diffraction, HR-TEM, SEM–EDX, P–E Loop, VSM and magnetoelectric coupling analysis. The multiferroic and magnetoelectric coupling properties of the laminated systems were compared with the mixed system having similar weight percentage of BaTiO3 and NiFe2O4. The fabricated composite systems show good multiferroic and magnetoelectric properties. Compared to mixed composite systems, the laminated structure has an enhanced magnetoelectric (ME) coupling of 6.42 mV/cm.Oe. This variation in ME coupling is attributed to the low leakage current effects in the laminated systems. The ME coupling in the laminates varies with the nature and number of layers. For laminated composite systems, the ME coupling coefficient is found to increase from 6.42 mV/cm.Oe to 10.48 mV/cm.Oe with increase in the number of layers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lead-free multiferroic magnetoelectric mixed and core shell composites of BaTiO3 and NiFe2O4 were synthesised by a two-step process. The structural, morphological, electrical, magnetic and dielectric properties of the as prepared samples were investigated in detail. XRD—Rietveld refinement (using JANA 2006 program) confirms the co-existence of two phases in the composite. The dielectric, ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties of the systems was studied. The enhanced remanent polarization of core shell composite compared to pure BaTiO3 is the direct evidence of formation of core shell structure. The decrease in saturation values of composites can be attributed to the presence of nonmagnetic BaTiO3. The magnetoelectric coupling studies on BaTiO3@NiFe2O4 core–shell system exhibits enhancement due to the well-defined interface between the two phases. The sensitivity of electric properties to the applied magnetic field enables the systems for possible applications in magnetoelectric sensors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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