Direct visualization of magnetoelectric domains

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-167

  Geng, Yanan ^a   Das, Hena ^b   Wysocki, Aleksander L ^b   Wang, Xueyun ^a   Cheong, S W ^a   Mostovoy, M ^c   Fennie, Craig J ^b   Wu, Weida ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT VISUALIZATION; EMERGENT PHENOMENON; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETOELECTRIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRIC RESPONSE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; RARE-EARTH MANGANITE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; MANGANITES;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84892983911     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3813     Document Type: Article

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