Interface-induced room-temperature multiferroicity in BaTiO3

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 753-758

  Valencia, S ^a   Crassous, A ^b   Bocher, L ^c   Garcia, V ^b   Moya, X ^d   Cherifi, R O ^b   Deranlot, C ^b   Bouzehouane, K ^b   Fusil, S ^b,e   Zobelli, A ^c   Gloter, A ^c   Mathur, N D ^d   Gaupp, A ^a   Abrudan, R ^f   Radu, F ^a   Barthelemy A ^b   Bibes, M ^b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COBALT; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; FERROELECTRIC BATIO; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MULTIFERROIC MATERIALS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; REALISTIC INTERFACES; SOFT X-RAY RESONANT MAGNETIC SCATTERING;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053052718     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3098     Document Type: Article

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