Focus
Multiferroics
- Focus issue:
- January 2007 Volume 6, No 1
Multiferroics, materials that simultaneously show ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, have recently seen a significant revival based on the discovery of new compounds with a strong multiferroic coupling. In this focus issue of Nature Materials we review the intriguing fundamental physics governing multiferroics as well as - important for applications - recent progress in the growth of multiferroic thin films.
Editorial
The best is yet to come - p1
doi:10.1038/nmat1811
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News and views
Ferroelectric thin-films: The emancipation of ferroelectricity - pp8 - 9
Paul Muralt
doi:10.1038/nmat1797
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Reviews
Multiferroics: a magnetic twist for ferroelectricity - pp13 - 20
Sang-Wook Cheong & Maxim Mostovoy
doi:10.1038/nmat1804
Abstract - Multiferroics: a magnetic twist for ferroelectricity | Full text - How T cells 'see' antigen | PDF (1,180KB) - Multiferroics: a magnetic twist for ferroelectricity
Multiferroics: progress and prospects in thin films - pp21 - 29
R. Ramesh & Nicola A. Spaldin
doi:10.1038/nmat1805
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Article
Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films - pp64 - 69
Chun-lin Jia, Valanoor Nagarajan, Jia-qing He, Lothar Houben, Tong Zhao, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Knut Urban & Rainer Waser
doi:10.1038/nmat1808
Abstract - Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films | Full text - Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films | PDF (316KB) - Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films