| Title |
The synthesis and characterization of sol-gel-derived SrTiO3-BiMnO3 solid solutions / |
| Authors |
Karoblis, Dovydas ; Diliautas, Ramūnas ; Raudonytė-Svirbutavičienė, Eva ; Mažeika, Kęstutis ; Baltrūnas, Dalis Antanas ; Beganskienė, Aldona ; Žarkov, Aleksej ; Kareiva, Aivaras |
| DOI |
10.3390/cryst10121125 |
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| Is Part of |
Crystals.. Basel : MDPI. 2020, vol. 10, iss. 12, art. no. 1125, p. 1-11.. ISSN 2073-4352 |
| Keywords [eng] |
SrTiO3 ; BiMnO3 ; solid solutions ; perovskites ; sol-gel method ; magnetic properties |
| Abstract [eng] |
In this study, the aqueous sol-gel method was employed for the synthesis of (1−x)SrTiO3-xBiMnO3solid solutions. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of single-phase perovskites with a cubic structure up to x=0.3.A further increase of the BiMnO3content led to the formation of a negligible amount of neighboring Mn3O4 impurity,along with the major perovskite phase.Infrared(FT-IR) analysis of the synthesized specimens showed gradual spectral change associated with the superposition effect of Mn-O and Ti-O bond lengths.By introducing BiMnO3 into the SrTiO3 crystal structure,the size of the grains increased drastically, which was confirmed by means of scanning electron microscopy. Magnetization studies revealed that all solid solutions containing the BiMnO3 component can be characterized as paramagnetic materials. It was observed that magnetization values clearly correlate with the chemical composition of powders, and the gradual increase of the BiMnO3 content resulted in noticeably higher magnetization values. |
| Published |
Basel : MDPI |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2020 |
| CC license |
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