Review Article

Current Status of Magnetoelectric Composite Thin/Thick Films

Table 2

Remarkable work on ME composite reported in the standard scientific articles.

Author/yearCompositionConnectivityFabrication  methodTest condition  (DC bias/freq.)ME (mV/cmOe)Remark

Van Suchtelen, Van den Boomgaard1972,1974 [25, 28, 30, 31]0.62BaTiO3-.0.38CoFe2O4 (eutectic composition with 1.5 wt% excess TiO2)3-3/Unidirection  solidificationBridgman/1 atm O2/50 cm h−1?50The 1st ME composite
Van den Boomgaard and Born1978 [29]0.60BaTiO3-.0.40Ni0.97Co0.03Mn0.1Fe1.90O43-0/ParticulateSintered at 1,300°C/24 h500 Oe/1 kHz80The 1 st ME particulate composite
Suryanarayana, 1994 [49]0.3CuFe2O4-.0.7PbZr0.53Ti0.47O33-0/ParticulateSintered at 950°C/2 h460 Oe/100 kHz421The 1st resonance type ME composite
Bichurin and Petrov 1994 [50]90% of yttrium-iron garnet and 10% PZT ceramics3-0/ParticulateStandard ceramic methodThe 1st time interaction between ME phases is discussed by striction model.
Bichurin et al. 1997 [51](Ni-Co)-ferrite/PZT ceramics and YIG/BaTiO33-0/ParticulateStandard ceramic method0.8–0.9 kOe at RT110The 1st theoretical approach on the magnetoelectric effect
Srinivasan et al.  2004 [52]Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4-0.41 vol% PZT3-0/ParticulateHot pressed at 1,000°C/7 Mpa250 Oe/100 Hz45The 1st hot pressing method
Srinivasan et al.  2004 [52]Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4-0.75 vol% PZT3-0/ParticulateHot pressed at 1,000°C/7 Mpa>1,000 Oe/270 kHz3300ME property optimization by resonance
Muzumder and Bhattacharyya 2004 [53]BaO–TiO2–CoO–FeO solution3-0/ParticulateSintered in @ 1,000–1,200°C/3 h30 Oe/1,070 Hz5.58Homogeneous dispersion
Fuentes et al.  2006 [54]Bi8Fe4Ti3O4Single phaseSintering4,500 (f=?)0.35Highest ME properties from single phase material
Ryu et al.  2001, 2002 [27, 55]PZT -20 wt%NiCo0.02Cu0.02Mn0.1Fe1.8O43-0/ParticulateSintered at 1,250°C1,250 Oe/1 kHz115ME effect optimization from particulates composites
Kambale et al.  2009, 2010 [56, 57]BaZr0.08Ti0.92O3/NiFe1.9Mn0.1O4 and BaZr0.08Ti0.92O3/Co1.2-yMnyFe1.8O43-0/ParticulateSolid-state reaction sintered at 1250°C for 10 h with heating rate 5°C/min4 kOe/50 Hz2.34Low ME response in bulk composites
B.K.Chougule and S.S. Chougule, 2008 [58]Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 + PZT3-0/ParticulateSolid-state reaction6 kOe, 2.5 kV/cm0.78Low ME response in bulk composites
Mathe and Sheikh 2009 [59]NiFe2O4 + PMN-PT3-0/ParticulateSolid-state reaction sintered at 1250°CStatic ME measurement10.43Effect of different connectivity schemes on ME coefficient
Patankar etal.  2000 [60]0.45CuFe1.6Cr0.4O4-0.55BaTiO33-0/ParticulateSintered at 1,100°C/ 24 h1,570 Oe/DC0.0956Low-temperature sintering
Priya and Islam 2006 [61]NiFe1.9Mn0.1O4-Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O33-0/ParticulateControlled precipitation route1 kOe and 100 Oe140Annealing and aging effect were studied
Ryu et al. 2001, 2002 [55, 62]Terfenol-D/Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3/Terfenol-D (PZT based ceramics materials)2-2/LaminateEpoxy-glued composites4,000 Oe/1 kHz5.150 (peak)The 1st laminate ME composite with GMS metals
Bichurin et al.,  2003 [63]NiFe2O4-PZT2-2/Multilayer11 layers of 13 μm NiFe2O4 1 and 10 layers of 26 μm PZT1,050 Oe/350 kHz@ resonance1.200The 1st ME multilayer composites
Zheng et al.,  2004 [34]0.65BaTiO3-0.35CoFe2O4 (converse ME)1-3/Vertically aligned structure.PLD; single-crystal SrTiO3 (001) substratesThe 1st ME 1-3 type ME composites
Dong et al., 2004 [64]Terfenol-D/PMN-PT2-2/LaminateL-L laminates550 < < 800 Oe. f = 1 kHz430L-L laminates with high ME coefficient
Wan et al.,  2005 [74]CoFe2O4-PZT0-3/NanostructureSol-gel process and spin-coating technique1 kHz/6 kOe (10 Oe ac)220Successful preparation of ME composite thin films
Dong et al., 2006 [81]FeBSiC/piezofiber laminates (Metglas/PZT)2-1/LaminateEpoxy-glued compositesL-L mode @ 5 Oe dc bias and f = 1 Hz22000Highest reported ME coefficient
Zhai et al., 2006 [65]Metglas/PVDFLayered laminateEpoxy-glued composites = 1 Oe and f = 1 kHz7200 and 238 V/cmOe @ resonance 50 kHzThin and flexible ME composites
Dong et al.,  2007 [66]FeBSiC/PZNPT-fiber laminateLayered laminateEpoxy-glued composites = 1 Oe.10500@ low frequency with low dc bias 2 OeLong-type FeBSiC/ PZNPT-fiber laminates
Park et al., 2010 [67] Metglas/Terfenol-D/ PMN-PZT/Terfenol-D/MetglasFive layer laminatesEpoxy-glued compositesL-T mode
= 1 Oe
f = 1 kHz
1800Successfully investigated the ME effect in five layered laminates
Gao et al., 2010 [68]Metgla + PMN-PT and PZN-PT single crystalsLaminated compositesEpoxy-glued composites = 1 Oe
f = 1 kHz
85002.8 times enhanced ME coefficient is observed
Chashin et al., 2011 [69]Metglas/PMN-PTLaminate compositesEpoxy-glued composites = 1 Oe
f = 1 kHz
45000Highest reported ME coefficient
Chen et al., 2008 [70]Ni/PZT/Ni2-2/LaminateElectrodeposition150 kHz/1.2 kOe530Magnetoelectric disk resonators
Park et al., 2009 [75]PZT-PZN and (Ni0.6Cu0.2Zn0.2)Fe2O4 [NCZF]3-2/Nanocomposite thick filmsAerosol-deposition = 1 Oe
f = 1 kHz
150First 3-2 ME composite structure by AD
Xu et al.,  2010 [71] CoFe2O4/Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O33-0 Nanocomposite thick filmsSol-gel-processing and spin-coating technique10 kOe/50 Hz0.4Low magnetoelectric response
Ryu et al., 2011 [72]CoFe2O4/Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O32-2 Nanocomposite thin films Sol-gel process and spin-coating technique50 kHz/dynamic273Optimal annealing processes for ME composite thin films have been achieved.
Wan et al., 2011 [74]PZT-PMnN + NiZnFe2O43-0 Nanocomposite thick filmsAerosol deposition = 1 Oe
f = 1 kHz
68First 3-0 type ME composite structure by AD