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Solutions for maximum coupling in multiferroic magnetoelectric composites by material design
K P Jayachandran1, J M Guedes2, H C Rodrigues2
1IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal. kpjayachandran@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Electrical control of magnetization offers an extra degree of freedom in materials possessing both electric and magnetic dipole moments. A stochastic optimization combined with homogenization is applied for the solution for maximum magnetoelectric (ME) coupling coefficient α of a laminar ME composite with the thickness and orientation of ferroelectric phase as design variables. Simulated annealing with a generalized Monte Carlo scheme is used for optimization problem. Optimal microstructure with single and poly-crystalline configurations that enhances the overall α is identified. It is found that juxtaposing a preferentially oriented ferroelectric material with a ferromagnetic ferrite into a composite would result in manifold increase in magnetoelectric coupling. The interface shear strains are found to be richly contributing to the ME coupling. The preferential orientation of the ferroelectric phase in the optimal ME composite laminate is demonstrated using the optimal pole figure analyses.
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