TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical solution deposition of magnetoelectric ZnO–La2CoMnO6 nanocomposite thin films using a single precursor solution
AU - Saito, Mizuki
AU - Hagiwara, Manabu
AU - Fujihara, Shinobu
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - We report a chemical solution deposition method for fabricating magnetoelectric ZnO–La2CoMnO6 (LCMO) nanocomposite films on platinum coated silicon (Pt/Si) substrates. A single precursor coating solution containing all constituent cations (Zn2+, La3+, Co2+, and Mn2+) was prepared by dissolving acetate and nitrate raw materials in 2-metoxyethanol in the presence of monoethanolamine. Investigations of decomposition and crystallization behaviors of a dried powder prepared from the ZnO–LCMO precursor solution revealed that a crystalline phase of ZnO first appeared at a low temperature below 400 °C followed by crystallization of LCMO at a much higher temperature. A film coated on a ZnO-seeded Pt/Si substrate was found to have a characteristic vertical nanocomposite structure composed of c-axis oriented ZnO columns and LCMO nanograins. The ZnO–LCMO film exhibited ferromagnetic properties originating from the LCMO phase. A converse magnetoelectric measurement at a temperature of 10 K demonstrated that the magnetization of the film at 45 kOe was decreased by 9% by application of an external electric field of 100 kV/cm.
AB - We report a chemical solution deposition method for fabricating magnetoelectric ZnO–La2CoMnO6 (LCMO) nanocomposite films on platinum coated silicon (Pt/Si) substrates. A single precursor coating solution containing all constituent cations (Zn2+, La3+, Co2+, and Mn2+) was prepared by dissolving acetate and nitrate raw materials in 2-metoxyethanol in the presence of monoethanolamine. Investigations of decomposition and crystallization behaviors of a dried powder prepared from the ZnO–LCMO precursor solution revealed that a crystalline phase of ZnO first appeared at a low temperature below 400 °C followed by crystallization of LCMO at a much higher temperature. A film coated on a ZnO-seeded Pt/Si substrate was found to have a characteristic vertical nanocomposite structure composed of c-axis oriented ZnO columns and LCMO nanograins. The ZnO–LCMO film exhibited ferromagnetic properties originating from the LCMO phase. A converse magnetoelectric measurement at a temperature of 10 K demonstrated that the magnetization of the film at 45 kOe was decreased by 9% by application of an external electric field of 100 kV/cm.
KW - Chemical solution deposition
KW - Ferromagnetics
KW - Magnetoelectric effect
KW - Nanocomposite film
KW - ZnO
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.121762
DO - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.121762
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067678171
VL - 236
JO - Materials Chemistry and Physics
JF - Materials Chemistry and Physics
SN - 0254-0584
M1 - 121762
ER -