On structural and morphological characterizations of Ho-BFO multiferroics

Bismuth Ferrites, popularly known as BFO, in its pure and doped form are much alluring multiferroics among the present-day material scientist's world. The peculiar properties, those make this category of multiferroics different, arise mainly due to their structural anomalies. Further, structural perturbations with a dopant element has also shown even fascinating results. In this work, Holmium doped BFO are synthesized using solid state reaction route and their structural characterizations with the help of XRD and FTIR along with morphological studies have been discussed extensively to deduce the influence of doping on the structure of BFO.