Effects of ferroelectricity and magnetism on electron and spin transport in FeBaTi O3 Fe multiferroic tunnel junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Velev, Julian P ^a   Duan, Chun Gang ^a   Belashchenko, Kirill D ^a   Jaswal, Sitaram S ^a   Tsymbal, Evgeny Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MULTIFERROIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MFTJ); TUNNELING CONDUCTANCE;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 42149097139     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2828512     Document Type: Article

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