Ethylene glycol assisted three-dimensional floral evolution of BiFeO₃-based nanostructures with effective magneto-electric response.

ABSTRACT: Controlled growth of nanostructures plays a vital role in tuning the physical and chemical properties of functional materials for advanced energy and memory storage devices. Herein, we synthesized hierarchical micro-sized flowers, built by the self-assembly of highly crystalline, two-dimensional nanoplates of Co- and Ni-doped BiFeO₃, using a simple ethylene glycol-mediated solvothermal method. Pure BiFeO₃ attained scattered one-dimensional nanorods-type morphology having diameter nearly 60 nm. Co-doping of Co and Ni at Fe-site in BiFeO₃ does not destabilize the morphology; rather it generates three-dimensional floral patterns of self-assembled nanoplates. Unsaturated polarization loops obtained for BiFeO₃ confirmed the leakage behaviour of these

SUBMITTER: Abbas SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature