The experimental frequency and field dependences of the magnetoelectric effect in three-layer permendur–quartz–permendur structures in the region of electromechanical resonance were studied. It was found that the magnetoelectric voltage coefficient and the Q-factor of these structures in the resonance region are much higher than those of similar structures based on lead zirconate titanate. Anomalous behavior of the field dependences of the magnetoelectric voltage coefficient and the Q-factor was observed in the region of electromechanical resonance. This feature is attributable to the negative Δ E effect.

A new way for determining the magnetostriction characteristics of a composite multiferroics using the magnetoelectric response of the structure is proposed. It is shown that integral from the field dependency of linear magnetoelectric coefficient is the magnetostriction characteristic of the structure. The results of an experimental study of the physical properties of bulk composites based on lead zirconate titanate and ferrite-nickel spinel are presented. Based on the field dependence of the magnetoelectric voltage coefficient, magnetostriction curves of composite structures with a content of ferrospinel of 10–70% were obtained.