TY - JOUR
KW - Multiferroics
KW - Nanotechnology
KW - Emergent phenomenon
KW - Magnetoelectrics
KW - Electron microscopes
KW - Photoemission electron microscopy
KW - Photoemission
KW - Nanoscale characterization
KW - Characterization tools
KW - Nanoscale spatial resolution
KW - Photoemission electron microscope
AU - Q He
AU - E Arenholz
AU - A Scholl
AU - Y.-H Chu
AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh
AB - Multiferroics exhibit intriguing physical properties and in turn promise new device applications - as a result of the coupling between their order parameters. In this review article, we introduce photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) as a powerful tool to study multiferroicity with the capability of probing the charge, spin and orbital states of a material simultaneously with nanoscale spatial resolution and element sensitivity. Several systematical studies of ferroelectricity, antiferromagnetism, and multiferroicity using PEEM are discussed. In the end, we outline several challenges remaining in multiferroic research, and how PEEM can be employed as an important characterization tool providing critical information to understand the emergent phenomena in multiferroics.
BT - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
DO - 10.1016/j.cossms.2012.03.006
LA - eng
M1 - 5
N1 - cited By 12
N2 - Multiferroics exhibit intriguing physical properties and in turn promise new device applications - as a result of the coupling between their order parameters. In this review article, we introduce photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) as a powerful tool to study multiferroicity with the capability of probing the charge, spin and orbital states of a material simultaneously with nanoscale spatial resolution and element sensitivity. Several systematical studies of ferroelectricity, antiferromagnetism, and multiferroicity using PEEM are discussed. In the end, we outline several challenges remaining in multiferroic research, and how PEEM can be employed as an important characterization tool providing critical information to understand the emergent phenomena in multiferroics.
PB - Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2012
SP - 216
EP - 226
T2 - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
TI - Nanoscale characterization of emergent phenomena in multiferroics
VL - 16
SN - 13590286
ER -