Magnetoelectric quasi-(0-3) nanocomposite heterostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Yanxi ^a   Wang, Zhongchang ^b   Yao, Jianjun ^a,c   Yang, Tiannan ^d   Wang, Zhiguang ^a   Hu, Jia Mian ^d   Chen, Chunlin ^b   Sun, Rong ^e   Tian, Zhipeng ^a   Li, Jiefang ^a   Chen, Long Qing ^d   Viehland, Dwight ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c United States   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITE;

FILM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NANOFABRICATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84925728298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7680     Document Type: Article

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