New lead free magnetoelectric composites with high performance

• Grant number: 17/17872-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: July 05, 2018
• End date: July 04, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Michel Venet Zambrano
• Grantee: Michel Venet Zambrano
• Host Investigator: Miguel Algueró Giménez
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), Spain

Abstract

Magnetoelectric materials promise, in the near future, to revolutionize the concept of electric and magnetic devices. Possible fields of application span-from several types of sensors and energy harvesters, to biomedical applications as cure of Parkinson's Disease and cancer. Even though materials with high magnetoelectric coupling were developed in last years, best results have been found in lead based and/or using patented metallic alloys composites. In this way, the aim of this project is to obtain environmentally friendly magnetoelectric composites with improved properties, constituted by a piezoelectric Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 and magnetostrictive CoMn0.25Fe1.75O4 phases. Due to the good piezoelectric and magnetic properties of the constituent phases, a high magnetoelectric response would be expected after otimization, which could put these materials as an environmentally friendly alternative for future applications. Firstly, properties of the single phases will be correlated with the method and conditions of synthesis and sintering. After that, magnetoelectric laminated composites will be prepared as three-layers and multilayers. Spark plasma sintering will be investigated as a suitable technique to obtain high quality materials with tailored interfaces. Multilayers composites, for which the highest magnetoelectric coefficients are expected, will be shaped using tapes prepared by Tape Casting; therefore, a detailed study of the rheological properties and stability of suspensions will be essential to obtain good quality composites. Finally, composites will be characterized to identify possible factors affecting magnetoelectric coupling and adjust them to maximize the target properties. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VENET, MICHEL; SANTA-ROSA, WASHINGTON; DA SILVA JR, PAULO SERGIO; M'PEKO, JEAN-CLAUDE; RAMOS, PABLO; AMORIN, HARVEY; ALGUERO, MIGUEL. Selection and Optimization of a K0.5Na0.5NbO3-Based Material for Environmentally-Friendly Magnetoelectric Composites. MATERIALS, v. 13, n. 3, FEB 1 2020. (13/00134-7, 17/17872-1)

DIAZ, JULIO CESAR CAMILO ALBORNOZ; VENET, MICHEL; RODRIGUES, ARIANO DE GIOVANNI; QUIROGA, DAVID ANTONIO BARBOSA; CORDERO, FRANCESCO; DA SILVA JR, PAULO SERGIO. Ferroic glass behavior in (Bi,Na)TiO3-based lead-free electroceramics. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, v. 918, p. 8-pg., 2022-10-15. (13/00134-7, 17/17872-1, 12/08457-7)

AMORIN, HARVEY; VENET, MICHEL; CHINARRO, EVA; RAMOS, PABLO; ALGUERO, MIGUEL; CASTRO, ALICIA. Lead-free Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.9O3 ferroelectric ceramics with refined microstructure and high strain under electric field by mechanosynthesis. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 42, n. 12, p. 10-pg., 2022-09-01. (17/17872-1)

ORDONEZ-PIMENTEL, JONATHAN; GARCIA, JOSE E.; DA SILVA JR, PAULO S.; VENET, MICHEL. Visible-Light-Control of Dielectric Permittivity in Ferroelectrics with Charged Domain Walls. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED, v. 19, n. 3, p. 8-pg., 2023-03-29. (17/17872-1, 22/08030-5)

ORDONEZ-PIMENTEL, JONATHAN; VENET, MICHEL; OCHOA, DIEGO A.; RUBIO-MARCOS, FERNANDO; FERNANDEZ, JOSE F.; GARCIA, JOSE E.. Light-driven motion of charged domain walls in isolated ferroelectrics. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, v. 106, n. 22, p. 10-pg., 2022-12-26. (17/17872-1, 22/08030-5)

VENET, MICHEL; SANTA-ROSA, WASHINGTON; M'PEKO, JEAN-CLAUDE; AMORIN, HARVEY; ALGUERO, MIGUEL; MORENO, RODRIGO. Controlling colloidal processing of (K,Na)NbO3-based materials in aqueous medium. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 39, n. 12, SI, p. 3456-3461, SEP 2019. (17/17872-1, 13/00134-7)

RUBIO-MARCOS, FERNANDO; DEL CAMPO, ADOLFO; ORDONEZ-PIMENTEL, JONATHAN; VENET, MICHEL; ROJAS-HERNANDEZ, ROCIO ESTEFANIA; PAEZ-MARGARIT, DAVID; OCHOA, DIEGO A.; FERNANDEZ, JOSE F.; GARCIA, JOSE E.. Photocontrolled Strain in Polycrystalline Ferroelectrics via Domain Engineering Strategy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v. 13, n. 17, p. 20858-20864, MAY 5 2021. (17/17872-1)

CAMILO ALBORNOZ DIAZ, JULIO CESAR; M'PEKO, JEAN-CLAUDE; VENET, MICHEL; DA SILVA JR, PAULO SERGIO. Unveiling the high-temperature dielectric response of Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, NOV 10 2020. (13/00134-7, 17/17872-1, 12/08457-7)

SANTA-ROSA, WASHINGTON; VENET, MICHEL; M'PEKO, JEAN-CLAUDE; MORENO, RODRIGO; AMORIN, HARVEY; ALGUERO, MIGUEL. Environmentally-friendly magnetoelectric ceramic multilayer composites by water-based tape casting. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 39, n. 4, p. 1065-1072, APR 2019. (13/00134-7, 17/17872-1)

SANTA-ROSA, WASHINGTON; DA SILVA, JR., PAULO SERGIO; M'PEKO, JEAN-CLAUDE; AMORIN, HARVEY; ALGUERO, MIGUEL; VENET, MICHEL. Enhanced piezomagnetic coefficient of cobalt ferrite ceramics by Ga and Mn doping for magnetoelectric applications. Journal of Applied Physics, v. 125, n. 7, FEB 21 2019. (13/00134-7, 17/17872-1)

OCHOA, DIEGO A.; CASALS, JORGE A.; VENET, MICHEL; M'PEKO, JEAN-CLAUDE; GARCIA, JOSE E.. Dielectric and piezoelectric nonlinear properties of slightly textured lead barium niobate ceramics. Journal of Applied Physics, v. 125, n. 2, JAN 14 2019. (17/17872-1, 13/00134-7)

VENET, MICHEL; SANTA-ROSA, WASHINGTON; AMORIN, HARVEY; RAMOS, PABLO; ALGUERO, MIGUEL. Enhanced magnetoelectric response of cofired ceramic layered composites by adjusting the grain boundary conductivity of the magnetostrictive component. CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, v. 47, n. 12, p. 6-pg., 2021-05-07. (17/17872-1, 13/00134-7)

VENET, MICHEL; SANTA-ROSA, WASHINGTON; M'PEKO, JEAN-CLAUDE; AMORIN, HARVEY; ALGUERO, MIGUEL; MORENO, RODRIGO. Controlling colloidal processing of (K,Na)NbO3-based materials in aqueous medium. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, v. 39, n. 12, p. 6-pg., 2019-09-01. (17/17872-1, 13/00134-7)