Magnetic phase control by an electric field

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6999, 2004, Pages 541-544

  Lottermoser, Thomas ^a   Lonkai, Thomas ^b,c   Amann, Uwe ^b,d   Hohlwein, Dietmar ^b,c   Ihringer, Jörg ^b   Fiebig, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; NEUTRON ABSORPTION; PHASE CONTROL; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MAGNETIC PHASE; SPIN-TRONICS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 3242882789     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02728     Document Type: Article

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