Multiferroics: A magnetic twist for ferroelectricity

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Cheong, Sang Wook ^a,b   Mostovoy, Maxim ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; POLARIZATION;

CROSS-COUPLING EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POLARIZATION; TUNEABLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICES;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 33846006567     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1804     Document Type: Review

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