Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7104, 2006, Pages 759-765

  Eerenstein, W ^a   Mathur, N D ^a   Scott, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; POLARIZATION;

ATOMIC DISPLACEMENTS; ELECTRICAL POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC CRYSTAL; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLING;

MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

CRYSTAL; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

CRYSTAL; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

EID: 33747623307     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05023     Document Type: Review

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