%0 Journal Article %K Thin films %K Characterization %K Oxide films %K Multiferroics %K Ferromagnetism %K Ferroelectric materials %K Ferroelectricity %K Complex oxides %K Ferroelectric films %K Interfaces (materials) %K Strain engineering %K Functional materials %K Electrical control %K Emerging applications %K In situ characterization %K Magnetic %K Synthesis techniques %A L.W Martin %A Y.-H Chu %A Ramamoorthy Ramesh %B Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports %D 2010 %G eng %I Elsevier Ltd %P 89-133 %R 10.1016/j.mser.2010.03.001 %T Advances in the growth and characterization of magnetic, ferroelectric, and multiferroic oxide thin films %V 68