Abstract
This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of multiferroic BiFeO3 nanotubes. Perovskite BiFeO3 nanotubes with outer diameters 150-190 nm were synthesized by a facile sol-gel template method. The photoabsorption of BiFeO3 nanotubes was characterized by UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectrometry. The BiFeO3 nanotubes show weak ferromagnetism at room temperature, unlike the antiferromagnetic order in bulk BiFeO3, reflecting the grain size-confinement effect on the magnetic ordering of BiFeO3.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-48 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Magnetic properties
- Nanotube
- Optical properties
- Perovskites
- Sol-gel