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Nature 461, 1218-1219 (29 October 2009) | doi:10.1038/4611218a; Published online 28 October 2009
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Materials science: Emerging routes to multiferroics
Ramamoorthy Ramesh1
Abstract
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.
The porous crystalline materials known as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are currently a hot topic of research, having found applications in catalysis1, hydrogen storage2, optical elements3 and more. Writing in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Jain et al.4 describe a family of MOFs that have yet another potentially useful characteristic.
- Ramamoorthy Ramesh is in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Email: rramesh@berkeley.edu
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