The discovery that domain walls in insulating thin films of the multiferroic compound BiFeO3 are electrically conducting opens the door for a number of possible applications.
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Béa, H., Paruch, P. A way forward along domain walls. Nature Mater 8, 168–169 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2393
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