Prospects for nanostructured multiferroic composite materials

Magnetoelectric multiferroic materials have the potential to transform a range of applications, including tunable microelectronics and multiphase memories. However, the coexistence of ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity in single-phase materials is quite rare, driving the development of composite mu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scripta materialia 2014-03, Vol.74, p.38-43
Hauptverfasser: Andrew, Jennifer S., Starr, Justin D., Budi, Maeve A.K.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Magnetoelectric multiferroic materials have the potential to transform a range of applications, including tunable microelectronics and multiphase memories. However, the coexistence of ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity in single-phase materials is quite rare, driving the development of composite multiferroic materials. In these composites, the coupling arises from strain transfer across a shared interface between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phase. This viewpoint article highlights recent work as well as future challenges in the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured multiferroic materials.
ISSN:1359-6462
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DOI:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.09.023