BiFeO3 is perhaps the only material that is both magnetic and a strong ferroelectric at room
temperature. As a result, it has had an impact on the field of multiferroics that is comparable …

A ferroelectric crystal exhibits a stable and switchable electrical polarization that is
manifested in the form of cooperative atomic displacements. A ferromagnetic crystal exhibits …

Multiferroic materials have attracted increasing attention for develo** multi-effect coupling
between different physical properties and exploring the possibility of environmental …

The last decade has witnessed a significant growth of research into materials with coupled
magnetic and electric properties. Reviewed here are the main types and mechanisms of …

The celebrated renaissance of the multiferroics family over the past ten years has also been
that of its most paradigmatic member, bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3). Known since the 1960s to be …

Abstract Domain walls may play an important role in future electronic devices, given their
small size as well as the fact that their location can be controlled. Here, we report the …

Multiferroics are compounds that show ferroelectricity and magnetism. BiFeO3, by far the
most studied, has outstanding ferroelectric properties, a cycloidal magnetic order in the bulk …

In recent years, multiferroics, showing the coexistence of magnetic and ferroelectric orders in
a certain range of temperature, have attracted a great deal of attention due to the fascinating …

Oxides have become a key ingredient for new concepts of electronic devices. To a large
extent, this is due to the profusion of new physics and novel functionalities arising from …

From an experimental point of view, room-temperature ferroelectricity in Bi Fe O 3 is raising
many questions. Electric measurements made a long time ago on solid solutions of Bi Fe O …