Diaz-Moreno, Carlos A.Farias-Mancilla, RurikElizalde-Galindo, Jose T.González-Hernández, JesusHurtado-Macias, AbelBahena, DanielJosé-Yacamán, MiguelRamos, Manuel2021-04-192021-04-192014-10-28Materials 7 (11): 7217-7225 (2014)https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/339We present a solid-state synthesis of ferromagnetic lithium niobate nanoparticles (LiNbO3) and their corresponding structural aspects. In order to investigate the effect of heat treatments, two batches of samples with a heat-treated (HT) and non-heat-treated (nHT) reduction at 650 °C in 5% of hydrogen/argon were considered to investigate the multiferroic properties and their corresponding structural aspects; using magnetometry and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Results indicate the existence of ferromagnetic domains with a magnetic moment per unit cell of 5.24 × 10(−3) μB; caused mainly due to voids and defects on the nanoparticle surface, as confirmed by STEM measurements.Attribution 4.0 United Stateshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM)nanoparticleslithium niobateferroelectricferromagneticArticle2021-04-19