Relaxor ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric coupling in ZnO-Co nanocomposite thin films: Beyond multiferroic composites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4737-4742

  Li, D Y ^a   Zeng, Y J ^a   Batuk, D ^b   Pereira, L M C ^a   Ye, Z Z ^c   Fleischmann, C ^a   Menghini, M ^a   Nikitenko, S ^d   Hadermann, J ^b   Temst, K ^a   Vantomme, A ^a   Van Bael, M J ^a   Locquet, J P ^a   Van Haesendonck, C ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

ion implantation; magnetoelectric coupling; multiferroics; nanocomposite; relaxor ferroelectricity

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; ION IMPLANTATION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; ZINC OXIDE;

CO NANOPARTICLES; LOCAL LATTICE DISTORTION; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MULTIFERROIC COMPOSITES; MULTIFERROICS; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; RELAXORS; ZNO;

ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING;

EID: 84898433145     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4053877     Document Type: Article

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