Ferroelectric control of magnetic anisotropy

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3862-3867

  Mardana, A ^a   Ducharme, Stephen ^a   Adenwalla, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

electric field control of magnetization; magnetic anisotropy; Magnetoelectric coupling; polymer ferroelectric

Indexed keywords

CO FILMS; CONSTANT MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; IN-PLANE; MAGNETIC CHANGES; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; OUT-OF-PLANE; STIFFNESS COEFFICIENTS; SWITCHABLE; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; VARYING THICKNESS; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

COBALT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; METALLIC FILMS; POLARIZATION;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 80052809637     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201965r     Document Type: Article

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