Magnetoelectric effects in bilayer multiferroic core-shell composites

Abstract

Abstract We investigate magnetoelectric (ME) effects in bilayer multiferroic core-shell composites in this paper. The composites are driven by the radial magnetic field and the induced radial deformation/vibration is studied. Two configurations are considered in a concise and uniform manner mathematically. One is spherical and the other is cylindrical. For bilayer core-shell composites, we show that the geometric configuration has a significant effect on the ME effect in multiferroic core-shell composites for both low-frequency and electromechanical resonance ranges. At the low-frequency range, except for the mechanically clamped case, the ME effects in spherical multiferroic composites are always stronger than that in cylindrical ones. At the electromechanical resonance range, for traction-free case, the fundamental resonance frequency of the spherical multiferroic composite is higher than that of the cylindrical one and thus the corresponding ME effect in spherical composite is stronger than that in cylindrical one.