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Structure, Ferroelectric Properties, And Magnetic Properties Of The La-Doped Bismuth Ferrite, Zhenxiang Cheng, Aihua Li, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Kiyoshi Ozawa, Hideo Kimura, S Zhang, Thomas R. Shrout Jan 2008

Structure, Ferroelectric Properties, And Magnetic Properties Of The La-Doped Bismuth Ferrite, Zhenxiang Cheng, Aihua Li, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Kiyoshi Ozawa, Hideo Kimura, S Zhang, Thomas R. Shrout

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Bi1-xLaxFeO3 ceramics with x=0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 have been synthesized by solid state reaction, starting from metal oxides. A series of structure transformations is found to depend upon the doping level. Below 10% La doping, Bi1-xLaxFeO3 maintains the rhombohedral structure of BiFeO3. However, for Bi0.8La0.2FeO3 and Bi0.7La0.3FeO3, the structures change to the orthorhombic and tetragonal, respectively. La doping significantly reduces electric leakage and leads to successful observation of electrical polarization hysteresis loops. Doping with La also …


Improved Ferroelectric Properties In Multiferroic Bifeo3 Thin Films Through La And Nb Codoping, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Hideo Kimura, Kiyoshi Ozawa Jan 2008

Improved Ferroelectric Properties In Multiferroic Bifeo3 Thin Films Through La And Nb Codoping, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Hideo Kimura, Kiyoshi Ozawa

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

We report the significant improvement of the ferroelectric properties of BiFeO3thin film through control of electrical leakage by Nb doping. A very large remanent electrical polarization value of 80 µC/cm2 was observed in Bi0.8La0.2Nb0.01Fe0.99O3 thin film on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate. The doping effect of Nb in reducing the movable charge density due to oxygen vacancies in BiFeO3 was confirmed by the dielectric measurements. A very small loss was observed in the Nb and La codoped BiFeO3 thin film. As well as the improvement in the …


Do Green And Golden Bell Frogs Litoria Aurea Occupy Habitats With Fungicidal Properties?, C G. Threlfall, Dianne F. Jolley, N Evershed, R L. Goldingay, W A. Buttemer Jan 2008

Do Green And Golden Bell Frogs Litoria Aurea Occupy Habitats With Fungicidal Properties?, C G. Threlfall, Dianne F. Jolley, N Evershed, R L. Goldingay, W A. Buttemer

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The Green and Golden Bell frog Utoria aurea is in major decline in Australia, where its distribution is now confined mainly to the east coast of New South Wales (NSW). Infection by the newly emerged amphibian fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been identified as one of the main threats affecting L aureo. Surprisingly, some of the sites in NSW sustaining the largest populations of this species are industrial and urban habitats that are often disturbed and polluted, which could protect L aurea from chytrid infection if pollution had fungicidal capacity The aim of this study was to characterise the trace …


Dielectric, Magnetic, And Magnetotransport Properties In Sr Doped Two-Dimensional Re2coo4 (Re=Pr,Eu) Compounds, Qiwen Yao, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou Jan 2008

Dielectric, Magnetic, And Magnetotransport Properties In Sr Doped Two-Dimensional Re2coo4 (Re=Pr,Eu) Compounds, Qiwen Yao, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

In this work, we report on the studies of dielectric, magnetic, and magnetotransport properties of Sr doped RE2-xSrxCoO4 (RE=Pr or Eu, x=0.25-1.5). These compounds were systematically studied in terms of structure, magnetic, magnetotransport, and dielectric constant measurements. Rietveld refinement indicated that these compounds crystallized in K2NiF4-type structure with space group I4/mmm. Lattice parameters increase with Sr doping level. The system changes from paramagnetic to ferromagnetic with increasing Sr doping level and finally becomes ferromagnetic with TC of 230 K for Pr0.75Sr1.25CoO4 and …


Correlation Between Doping Induced Disorder And Superconducting Properties In Carbohydrate Doped Mgb2, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Sangjun Oh, M Jercinovic, E Babic, T Nakane, Hiroaki Kumakura Jan 2008

Correlation Between Doping Induced Disorder And Superconducting Properties In Carbohydrate Doped Mgb2, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Sangjun Oh, M Jercinovic, E Babic, T Nakane, Hiroaki Kumakura

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

A comprehensive study of the effects of carbohydrate doping on the superconductivity of MgB2 has been conducted. In accordance with the dual reaction model, more carbon substitution is achieved at lower sintering temperature. As the sintering temperature is lowered, lattice disorder is increased. Disorder is an important factor determining the transition temperature for the samples studied in this work, as evidenced from the correlations among the lattice strain, the resistivity, and the transition temperature. It is further shown that the increased critical current density in the high field region can be understood by a recently-proposed percolation model [M. Eisterer …