A new pathway towards all-electric spintronics: Electric-field control of spin states through surface/interface effects

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 232-244

  Gong, Shijing ^a   Ding, Hangchen ^a   Zhu, Wanjiao ^a   Duan, Chungang ^a,b   Zhu, Ziqiang ^a   Chu, Junhao ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

interface; magnetoelectric effect; multiferroic; Rashba; surface

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; EXCHANGE BIAS; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MULTIFERROICS; RASHBA; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING; RECENT PROGRESS; SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL INTERFACES; SPIN STATE;

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPIN DYNAMICS; SURFACES;

MAGNETOELECTRONICS;

EID: 84872607310     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-012-4973-5     Document Type: Review

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