Controlling magnetism with multiferroics

By Y. Chu, L. Martin, M. Holcomb, Ramamoorthy Ramesh. 2007

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Multiferroics, materials combining multiple order parameters, offer an exciting way of coupling phenomena such as electronic and magnetic order. Using epitaxial growth and heteroepitaxy, researchers have grown high-quality thin films and heterostructures of the multiferroic BiFeO 3 . The ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic domain structure and coupling between these two order parameters in BiFeO 3 is now being studied. We describe the evolution of our understanding of the connection between structure, properties, and new functionalities (including electrical control of magnetism) using BiFeO 3 as a model system.

Subfields: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry

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