Reversible electric control of exchange bias in a multiferroic field-effect device

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 756-761

  Wu, S M ^a,b   Cybart, Shane A ^a,b   Yu, P ^a,b   Rossell, M D ^a   Zhang, J X ^a   Ramesh, R ^a,b   Dynes, R C ^a,b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MANGANESE OXIDE;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC ORDER PARAMETER; CONDUCTING CHANNELS; ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FERROMAGNETIC ORDERINGS; FIELD-EFFECT DEVICES; MULTIFERROIC MATERIALS; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 77956064121     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2803     Document Type: Article

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