Magnetic switching of ferroelectric domains at room temperature in multiferroic PZTFT

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Evans, D M ^a   Schilling, A ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^b,c   Sanchez, D ^b   Ortega, N ^b   Arredondo, M ^a   Katiyar, R S ^b   Gregg, J M ^a   Scott, J F ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

COMPOSITE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84874631116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2548     Document Type: Article

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