Relaxor ferroelectricity and colossal magnetocapacitive coupling in ferromagnetic CdCr2S4

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7031, 2005, Pages 364-367

  Hemberger, J ^a   Lunkenheimer, P ^a   Fichtl, R ^a   Krug Von Nidda, H A ^a   Tsurkan, V ^a,b   Loidl, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; PERMITTIVITY;

COLOSSAL MAGNETOCAPACITIVE COUPLING; ELECTRONIC DEVICES; MULTIFERROICS; RELAXOR FERROELECTRICS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 16344389156     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03348     Document Type: Article

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