Magnetic control of transverse electric polarization in BiFeO3

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tokunaga, M ^a   Akaki, M ^a   Ito, T ^b   Miyahara, S ^c   Miyake, A ^a   Kuwahara, H ^d   Furukawa, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMORY; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84986588460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6878     Document Type: Article

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