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Investigations on structural, dielectric, and ferroelectric properties of Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 (x = 0.00, 0.85) ceramics

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In this manuscript, ceramics of Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 (x = 0.00, 0.85) were synthesized using solid state reaction method. This research focuses on examining the impact of the substitution of Neodymium (Nd3+) ions on various properties including structural, morphological, dielectric, and ferroelectric. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals the formation of a single phase of bismuth-layered perovskite structure having an orthorhombic unit cell. The structural parameters calculated using Rietveld analysis and Williamson Hall plot confirm the decrease in orthorhombicity (δ = 2(a-b)/a + b) and enhancement in the strain of the doped sample. The suppression in the intensity of Raman modes at 117, 225, 267, and 238 cm−1 confirms the substitution of Nd3+ ions. The morphological structure revealed the peculiar plate like structure for both the samples. The frequency dependent (100 Hz-1 MHz) dielectric studies confirm the enhancement in the dielectric constant with substitution. The structural distortions caused by Nd3+ substitution lead to a drop in the Curie Transition temperature (Tc). The ferroelectric property (remnant polarization) was found to increase with Nd3+ substitution. The detailed investigation of the samples would be helpful for use of these materials for possible applications in data storage and energy harvesting applications.

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Sandhya Rani: Sample Preparation, Data curation, writing original draft. Anand Sagar: X-ray diffraction Analysis. Arbaz Reyaz Khan: Dielectric and Ferroelectric studies, Aayush Gupta: Software, Writing-review & editing. Sumit Bhardwaj: Supervision, Conceptualization, Writing-review & editing.

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Rani, S., Sagar, A., Khan, A.R. et al. Investigations on structural, dielectric, and ferroelectric properties of Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 (x = 0.00, 0.85) ceramics. Interactions 245, 251 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-02082-x

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