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Multiferroics

A way forward along domain walls

Nature Materials volume 8, pages 168–169 (2009)Cite this article

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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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Figure 1: Schematic representation of a 109° domain wall in BiFeO3.
Figure 2: Potential applications for conductive domain walls (DW).

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