Signature of magnetoelectric coupling of xNiFe2O4 - (1-x) HoMnO3 (x=0.1 and 0.3) multiferroic nanocomposites

The magnetoelectric coupling of xNiFe(2)O(4)-(1-x) HoMnO3 (x = 0.1 and 0.3) multiferroics nanocomposites prepared through low temperature chemical pyrophoric reaction process has been investigated at room temperature. The signature of magnetoelectric coefficient of these nanocomposites is mainly due to the magnetostriction and magnetodielectric properties of the materials. These nanocomposites show the ferroelectric behaviour at room temperature. AC electrical properties of nanocomposites have been studied with applied magnetic fields and temperatures. Nyquist plots at different magnetic fields and temperatures have been fitted using parallel combinations of resistance-capacitor circuits. Moreover, we have estimated activation energy of those composites using Arrhenius relation, which indicates that same kinds of charge carrier are responsible for relaxation process in grain boundaries and grain of the sample. Furthermore, from the analysis of ac conductivity data as a function of frequency is attributed to the large polaronic hopping in the conduction process in the system. (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.