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Nanoferronics is a winning combination

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Progress in controlling different ferroic orders such as ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity on the nanoscale could offer unprecedented possibilities for electronic applications.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation and hysteresis cycles of the four primary ferroic orders.
Figure 2: Schematic representation of an 'intrinsic' (that is, single phase) multiferroic compound (left) and an 'artificial' multiferroic interface (right).
Figure 3: Control of electronic transport by ferroelectricity in planar and vertical structures.
Figure 4: Interplay between ferroelectricity and magnetism at different kinds of interface.

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Acknowledgements

I thank A. Barthélémy and V. Garcia for useful discussions, and N. Reyren and F. Bruno for their critical reading of the manuscript. I would also like to give credit to M. Lezaic and S. Blügel for coining the term 'nanoferronics'.

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