Multiferroic CoFe2O4-BiFeO3 core-shell nanofibers and their nanoscale magnetoelectric coupling

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 657-664

  Zhu, Qingfeng ^a   Xie, Ying ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Liu, Yuanming ^b   Zhan, Qingfeng ^c   Miao, Hongchen ^d   Xie, Shuhong ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING; FERROELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; FERROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84908596981     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.36     Document Type: Article

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