TY - JOUR
KW - Thin films
KW - Epitaxial growth
KW - Ferroelectricity
KW - Magnetization
KW - Magnetoelectric coupling
KW - Atomic-level engineering
KW - Interfacial coupling
KW - Thin-film multiferroics
AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh
AU - N.A Spaldin
AB - Multiferroic materials, which show simultaneous ferroelectric and magnetic ordering, exhibit unusual physical properties and in turn promise new device applications as a result of the coupling between their dual order parameters. We review recent progress in the growth, characterization and understanding of thin-film multiferroics. The availability of high-quality thin-film multiferroics makes it easier to tailor their properties through epitaxial strain, atomic-level engineering of chemistry and interfacial coupling, and is a prerequisite for their incorporation into practical devices. We discuss novel device paradigms based on magnetoelectric coupling, and outline the key scientific challenges in the field. © 2007 Nature Publishing Group.
BT - Nature Materials
DO - 10.1038/nmat1805
LA - eng
M1 - 1
N1 - cited By 2950
N2 - Multiferroic materials, which show simultaneous ferroelectric and magnetic ordering, exhibit unusual physical properties and in turn promise new device applications as a result of the coupling between their dual order parameters. We review recent progress in the growth, characterization and understanding of thin-film multiferroics. The availability of high-quality thin-film multiferroics makes it easier to tailor their properties through epitaxial strain, atomic-level engineering of chemistry and interfacial coupling, and is a prerequisite for their incorporation into practical devices. We discuss novel device paradigms based on magnetoelectric coupling, and outline the key scientific challenges in the field. © 2007 Nature Publishing Group.
PY - 2007
SP - 21
EP - 29
T2 - Nature Materials
TI - Multiferroics: Progress and prospects in thin films
VL - 6
SN - 14761122
ER -