Film size-dependent voltage-modulated magnetism in multiferroic heterostructures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2009, 2014, Pages

  Hu, J M ^a   Shu, L ^a   Li, Z ^a   Gao, Y ^a   Shen, Y ^a   Lin, Y H ^a   Chen, L Q ^a,b   Nan, C W ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain dynamics; Magneto optical Kerr effect; Magnetoelectric; Multiferroic heterostructures; Size dependence

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

DOMAIN DYNAMICS; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MAGNETOELECTRIC; MULTIFERROICS; SIZE DEPENDENCE;

MAGNETIC STORAGE;

EID: 84892592456     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0444     Document Type: Review

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