@article{Ko2011, keywords = {Electricity, Temperature, Room temperature, Chemistry, Transition temperature, Crystal structure, Magnetism, Unclassified drug, Article, Electrical parameters, Bismuth ferrite, Physical phenomena, Ferric oxide, Electromagnetic field, Ferric ion, Ferric Compounds, Ferroelectric, Magnetic neel temperature, Magnetics}, author = {K.-T Ko and M.H Jung and Q He and J.H Lee and C.S Woo and K Chu and J Seidel and B.-G Jeon and Y.S Oh and K.H Kim and W.-I Liang and H.-J Chen and Y.-H Chu and Y.H Jeong and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and J.-H Park and C.-H Yang}, title = {Concurrent transition of ferroelectric and magnetic ordering near room temperature}, abstract = {Strong spin-lattice coupling in condensed matter gives rise to intriguing physical phenomena such as colossal magnetoresistance and giant magnetoelectric effects. The phenomenological hallmark of such a strong spin-lattice coupling is the manifestation of a large anomaly in the crystal structure at the magnetic transition temperature. Here we report that the magnetic N{\'e}el temperature of the multiferroic compound BiFeO3 is suppressed to around room temperature by heteroepitaxial misfit strain. Remarkably, the ferroelectric state undergoes a first-order transition to another ferroelectric state simultaneously with the magnetic transition temperature. Our findings provide a unique example of a concurrent magnetic and ferroelectric transition at the same temperature among proper ferroelectrics, taking a step toward room temperature magnetoelectric applications. {\textcopyright} 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.}, year = {2011}, booktitle = {Nature Communications}, journal = {Nature Communications}, series = {Nature Communications}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, issn = {20411723}, doi = {10.1038/ncomms1576}, note = {cited By 110}, language = {eng}, }