Magnetic field-induced ferroelectric switching in multiferroic aurivillius phase thin films at room temperature

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2339-2357

  Keeney, Lynette ^a   Maity, Tuhin ^a   Schmidt, Michael ^a   Amann, Andreas ^a,b   Deepak, Nitin ^a   Petkov, Nikolay ^a   Roy, Saibal ^a   Pemble, Martyn E ^a   Whatmore, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE MAGNETOMETRY;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MANGANESE; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SQUIDS; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 84881664749     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12467     Document Type: Article

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