Cupric oxide as an induced-multiferroic with high-TC

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-294

  Kimura, T ^a   Sekio, Y ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Siegrist, T ^b   Ramirez, A P ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURIE TEMPERATURE; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS;

COLLINEAR PHASE; CUPRIC OXIDE; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS;

OXIDES;

EID: 41149121569     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2125     Document Type: Article

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