TY - JOUR
KW - Thin films
KW - Multiferroics
KW - Multiferroic materials
KW - Research activities
KW - Heterojunctions
KW - Film preparation
KW - Magnetoelectric couplings
KW - Magnetoelectrics
KW - Thick films
KW - High qualities
KW - Concerted efforts
KW - Electrical controls
KW - Ferroic
KW - Materials researches
KW - Order parameters
KW - Room temperatures
KW - Vertical heterostructure
AU - L.W Martin
AU - S.P Crane
AU - Y.-H Chu
AU - M.B Holcomb
AU - M Gajek
AU - M Huijben
AU - C.-H Yang
AU - N Balke
AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh
AB - Multiferroic materials, or materials that simultaneously possess two or more ferroic order parameters, have returned to the forefront of materials research. Driven by the desire to achieve new functionalities - such as electrical control of ferromagnetism at room temperature - researchers have undertaken a concerted effort to identify and understand the complexities of multiferroic materials. The ability to create high quality thin film multiferroics stands as one of the single most important landmarks in this flurry of research activity. In this review we discuss the basics of multiferroics including the important order parameters and magnetoelectric coupling in materials. We then discuss in detail the growth of single phase, horizontal multilayer, and vertical heterostructure multiferroics. The review ends with a look to the future and how multiferroics can be used to create new functionalities in materials. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.
BT - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/20/43/434220
LA - eng
M1 - 43
N1 - cited By 296
N2 - Multiferroic materials, or materials that simultaneously possess two or more ferroic order parameters, have returned to the forefront of materials research. Driven by the desire to achieve new functionalities - such as electrical control of ferromagnetism at room temperature - researchers have undertaken a concerted effort to identify and understand the complexities of multiferroic materials. The ability to create high quality thin film multiferroics stands as one of the single most important landmarks in this flurry of research activity. In this review we discuss the basics of multiferroics including the important order parameters and magnetoelectric coupling in materials. We then discuss in detail the growth of single phase, horizontal multilayer, and vertical heterostructure multiferroics. The review ends with a look to the future and how multiferroics can be used to create new functionalities in materials. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2008
T2 - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
TI - Multiferroics and magnetoelectrics: Thin films and nanostructures
VL - 20
SN - 09538984
ER -