Phase transitions in multiferroic BiFeO3 crystals, thin-layers, and ceramics: enduring potential for a single phase, room-temperature magnetoelectric ‘holy grail’

By A. M. Kadomtseva, Y. Popov, A. Pyatakov, G. P. Vorob'ev, A. Zvezdin, D. Viehland. 2006

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Magnetic phase transitions in multiferroic bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) induced by magnetic field, epitaxial strain, and composition modification are considered. These transitions from a spatially modulated spin spiral state to a homogenous antiferromagnetic one are accompanied by tghe release of latent magnetization and a linear magnetoelectric effect that makes BiFeO3-based materials efficient room-temperature single phase multiferroics.

Subfields: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry

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