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Novel magnetic-semiconductors in modified iron titanates for radhard electronics

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Some members of the modified iron titanate family show remarkable tolerance to radiation and are well suited for radhard electronics. Of particular interest are solid solutions of ilmenite–hematite (IH) represented by (1 − x) FeTiO3.xFe2O3 where x varies from 0 to 1; and pseudobrookite, Fe2TiO5 (PsB). These multifunctional oxides can be both ferrimagnetic and wide bandgap semiconductors, and can be exploited in a variety of ways in radhard electronics, microelectronics and spintronics technologies. In this paper we emphasize the potential applications of the modified Fe-titanates with special emphasis on: (a) response of the non-linear current–voltage (I–V) characteristics to a magnetic field; (b) how the introduction of a biasing voltage might be used to produce bipolar currents in circuits and fabrication of voltage tunable varistors; and (c) the response of non-linear current–voltage characteristics when irradiated with neutrons, protons and heavy Fe-ions. Based on these observations, we will identify a few applications for which we can make use of the unique multifunctional nature of modified Fe-titanates.

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We thank the U.S. Office of Naval Research (Grant no. N00014-03-1-0358) and the U.S. Department of Energy (Grant no. DE-FG02-03ER46039) for their support for this research at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, AL. Radiation experiments were supported by NASA through Grant no. NCC 9-114 at the NASA Center for Applied Radiation Research at Prairie View A&M University at Prairie View, TX. For the assistance in conducting radiation studies we owe thanks to the lab personnel at Texas A&M University’s Cyclotron Institute, and in Radiation Labs at Los Alamos National Lab and the Brookhaven National Lab. We also thank Dr. Mike Bersch and all his colleagues at the Central Analytical Facilities (CAF) at the University of Alabama for their technical support.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

    R. K. Pandey & H. Stern

  2. Department of Physics, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

    R. K. Pandey, W. J. Geerts & C. O’Brien

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    P. Padmini

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    R. Schad & J. Dou

  5. Department of Electrical Engineering and NASA CARR Center, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA

    R. Wilkins & R. Dwivedi

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Pandey, R.K., Padmini, P., Schad, R. et al. Novel magnetic-semiconductors in modified iron titanates for radhard electronics. J Electroceram 22, 334–341 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-007-9390-1

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