Advances in magnetoelectric multiferroics

NA Spaldin, R Ramesh - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
The manipulation of magnetic properties by an electric field in magnetoelectric multiferroic
materials has driven significant research activity, with the goal of realizing their …

New-generation ferroelectric AlScN materials

Y Zhang, Q Zhu, B Tian, C Duan - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Ferroelectrics have great potential in the field of nonvolatile memory due to programmable
polarization states by external electric field in nonvolatile manner. However, complementary …

Direct observation of intrinsic room-temperature ferroelectricity in 2D layered CuCrP2S6

WF Io, SY Pang, LW Wong, Y Zhao, R Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multiferroic materials have ignited enormous interest owing to their co-existence of
ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism, which hold substantial promise for advanced device …

Electrical control of magnetism by electric field and current-induced torques

A Fert, R Ramesh, V Garcia, F Casanova… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
While early magnetic memory designs relied on magnetization switching by locally
generated magnetic fields, key insights in condensed matter physics later suggested the …

Ultrathin Al1−x Sc x N for Low‐Voltage‐Driven Ferroelectric‐Based Devices

G Schönweger, MR Islam, N Wolff… - physica status solidi …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thickness scaling of ferroelectricity in Al1− x Sc x N is a determining factor for its potential
application in neuromorphic computing and memory devices. In this letter, ultrathin (10 nm) …

Revisiting the Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Properties of Vertical BiFeO3 Capacitors: A Comprehensive Study

L You, A Abdelsamie, Y Zhou, L Chang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ferroelectric photovoltaic effect has been extensively studied for possible applications in
energy conversion and photo-electrics. The reversible spontaneous polarization gives rise …

Thickness scaling of (Al0. 8Sc0. 2) N films with remanent polarization beyond 100 μC cm− 2 around 10 nm in thickness

R Mizutani, S Yasuoka, T Shiraishi… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The temperature dependence of ferroelectric properties was investigated for (Al 0.8 Sc 0.2)
N films 9–130 nm thick prepared on (111) Pt/TiO x/SiO 2/Si substrates. The coercive fields (E …

Nanoferroelectrics: statics and dynamics

JF Scott - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
A topical review is given of the physics of submicron ferroelectrics, describing the application
considerations for memory devices (both as switching memory elements for ferroelectric …

Suppressed dependence of polarization on epitaxial strain in highly polar ferroelectrics

HN Lee, SM Nakhmanson, MF Chisholm, HM Christen… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
A combined experimental and computational investigation of coupling between polarization
and epitaxial strain in highly polar ferroelectric PbZr 0.2 Ti 0.8 O 3 (PZT) thin films is …

Scaling of domain periodicity with thickness measured in single crystal lamellae and comparison with other ferroics

A Schilling, TB Adams, RM Bowman, JM Gregg… - Physical Review B …, 2006 - APS
The focused ion beam microscope has been used to cut parallel-sided {100}-oriented thin
lamellae of single crystal barium titanate with controlled thicknesses, ranging from 530 nm to …