Atomic and electronic structure of the BaTiO 3/Fe interface in multiferroic tunnel junctions

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 376-382

  Bocher, Laura ^a   Gloter, Alexandre ^a   Crassous, Arnaud ^b   Garcia, Vincent ^b   March, Katia ^a   Zobelli, Alberto ^a   Valencia, Sergio ^c   Enouz Vedrenne, Shaïma ^d   Moya, Xavier ^e   Marthur, Neil D ^e   Deranlot, Cyrile ^b   Fusil, Stéphane ^b   Bouzehouane, Karim ^b   Bibes, Manuel ^b   Barthélémy, Agnès ^b   Colliex, Christian ^a   Stéphan, Odile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; aberration corrected STEM; Atomically resolved EELS; multiferroic nanojunctions

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ABERRATION-CORRECTED STEM; ATOMIC RESOLUTION; ATOMISTIC MODELS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC MODIFICATIONS; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC ELECTRODES; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MULTIFERROICS; NANO SCALE; REAL-SPACE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STEM IMAGES; TUNNEL BARRIER; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRICITY; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; BARIUM TITANATE; IRON; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84855818695     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203657c     Document Type: Article

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