Electric-field control of phase separation and memory effect in Pr 0.6Ca0.4MnO3/Pb(Mg1/3Nb 2/3)0.7Ti0.3O3 heterostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Q P ^a   Yang, J J ^a   Zhao, Y G ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Wang, J W ^a   Zhu, M H ^a   Yu, Y ^a   Zhang, X Z ^a   Wang, Zhu ^b   Yang, Bin ^b   Xie, D ^a   Ren, T L ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED STRAIN; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; HETEROSTRUCTURES; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MEMORY EFFECTS; NON-VOLATILE;

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LEAD; MAGNETIZATION; MANGANESE OXIDE; STRAIN;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 79955693318     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3584025     Document Type: Article

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