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Structural modifications and enhanced ferroelectric nature of NdFeO3–PbTiO3 composites

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In this contribution, we reported our findings on NdFeO3–PbTiO3 composite system synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction route. The cell parameters, density and bond lengths (Fe-OI, Fe-OII) are determined by Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction data. Phase purity of the system was further confirmed through Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy techniques. The FTIR spectra reflected two important absorption bands around 656–505 cm−1 and 486–412 cm−1, corresponding to stretching (ν1) and bending (ν2) vibrational modes. The stretching vibrational mode (ν1) represents the absorbed IR energy in metal oxide (M–O) bonds. If the Raman spectra are related to two different symmetries, this includes the presence of two different phases in the sample. Thus, the phase purity is absent. The blue shift of Raman active mode at 720 cm−1 in pristine sample suggests that the increase in PbTiO3 concentration enhances the structural distortion in the system. The particle sizes as estimated using SEM micrographs were found to be in the range 147–250 nm. The ferroelectric behavior of NdFeO3 has been improved drastically with increase in PbTiO3 concentration. The P-E loops fitted by ferroelectric capacitor model established a good agreement between experimental and simulated data. The thermal properties of the powder samples were analyzed in a wide temperature range (300–900 K). The room temperature dielectric permittivity (ε′) and loss tangent (tanδ) for all the samples were analyzed in a broad frequency range (75 kHz–5 MHz). The behavior of dielectric permittivity in low-frequency region followed Maxwell–Wagner interfacial model, while in the high-frequency region, the composite system exhibited capacitive nature. The Néel temperature of the composite system decreased as compared to that of NdFeO3. The energy bandgap as determined with the help of Tauc’s plots exhibits a slight decrease for composite samples in respect of pristine NdFeO3.

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This work is financially supported by UGC-DAE CSR, Mumbai, under the project CRS-M-271. One of the authors Anand Somvanshi is especially thankful to Prof. Ranjan Kumar Singh, department of Physics, B. H. U., Varanasi for his considerable help in Raman characterization and Dr. Siddharth Parashari, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia for computational help. Department of Chemistry and USIF, AMU, are also acknowledged for providing optical and SEM-EDX facilities, respectively.

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Somvanshi, A., Ahmad, A., Husain, S. et al. Structural modifications and enhanced ferroelectric nature of NdFeO3–PbTiO3 composites. Appl. Phys. A 127, 424 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04562-1

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