Control of magnetism by electric fields

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 209-220

  Matsukura, Fumihiro ^a   Tokura, Yoshinori ^b,c   Ohno, Hideo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIZATION;

CARRIER POPULATION; ELECTRICAL MANIPULATION; ELECTRICAL POLARIZATION; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR; FUTURE PROSPECTS; MAGNETIC EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MULTIFERROICS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ANISOTROPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FILM; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE CHARGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84924614184     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.22     Document Type: Review

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