Magnetoelectricity in CoFe2O4 nanocrystal-P(VDF-HFP) thin films

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Liu, Xiaohua ^a,b,c   Liu, Shuangyi ^a,b,d   Han, Myung Geun ^e   Zhao, Lukas ^a   Deng, Haiming ^a   Li, Jackie ^d   Zhu, Yimei ^e   Krusin Elbaum, Lia ^a   O'Brien, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d City College of New York   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetoelectric nanocomposite; Magnetostrictive; P(VDF HFP); Thin film

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; FILM PREPARATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOMAGNETICS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER FILMS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; THIN FILMS; TRANSITION METALS;

COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETOSTRICTION COEFFICIENT; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE/PIEZOELECTRIC; SPECIFIC SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84887270028     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-374     Document Type: Article

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