%0 Journal Article %K Electricity %K Magnetic field %K Hydrogen %K Electron %K Iron %K Room temperature %K Magnetism %K Electric field %K Priority journal %K Ferromagnetic material %K Short survey %K Metal organic framework %K Ferromanganese deposit %K Hydrogen bond %K Magnet %K Quantum mechanics %A Ramamoorthy Ramesh %B Nature %D 2009 %G eng %P 1218-1219 %R 10.1038/4611218a %T Materials science: Emerging routes to multiferroics %V 461 %X Materials that combine ferroic properties - such as ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity - are highly desirable, but rare. A new class of multiferroic solids heralds a fresh approach for making such materials. © 2009 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.