BiFeO3 Thin Films: A Playground for Exploring Electric-Field Control of Multifunctionalities

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-275

  Yang, Jan Chi ^a   He, Qing ^b   Yu, Pu ^c,d   Chu, Ying Hao ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BiFeO3; Complex oxide; Heterostructure; Multiferroic; Thin film

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIGITAL STORAGE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MECHANICS; NANOELECTRONICS; THIN FILMS;

BIFEO3; COMPLEX OXIDES; ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; MULTIFERROICS; SPIN DEGREES OF FREEDOM;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84949422974     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070214-020837     Document Type: Article

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