2005
DOI: 10.1021/nl051406i
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Electric Field-Induced Magnetization Switching in Epitaxial Columnar Nanostructures

Abstract: We present direct evidence for room-temperature magnetization reversal induced by an electric field in epitaxial ferroelectric BiFeO3-ferrimagnetic CoFe2O4 columnar nanostructures. Piezoelectric force microscopy and magnetic force microscopy were used to locally image the coupled piezoelectric-magnetic switching. Quantitative analyses give a perpendicular magnetoelectric susceptibility of approximately 1.0 x 10(-2) G cm/V. The observed effect is due to the strong elastic coupling between the two ferric constit… Show more

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“…In typical ferroelectric materials like the perovskites, the mechanisms leading to ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism even seem to exclude each other: a stable electric polarization arises only in the case of empty d-shells of the transition-metal ions, while partially filled d-shells are responsible for the ferromagnetism [33]. A second group are composite materials in which ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases are brought into close contact so that electric and magnetic dipoles couple via the interface, driven by elastic [5,34] or electronic effects [8,7]. Especially in laminated multilayer compounds, larger effects are found.…”
Section: Development Of Mec In Insulatorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In typical ferroelectric materials like the perovskites, the mechanisms leading to ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism even seem to exclude each other: a stable electric polarization arises only in the case of empty d-shells of the transition-metal ions, while partially filled d-shells are responsible for the ferromagnetism [33]. A second group are composite materials in which ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases are brought into close contact so that electric and magnetic dipoles couple via the interface, driven by elastic [5,34] or electronic effects [8,7]. Especially in laminated multilayer compounds, larger effects are found.…”
Section: Development Of Mec In Insulatorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whereas advanced techniques such as transmittance optical spectroscopy, 25 x-ray absorption 26 or scattering 27 and magnetic field-dependent piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) 28 are expected to yield unambiguous results, much discussion has arisen over the more frequently used technique of dielectric spectroscopy, which, in multiferroics research, is often combined with applied magnetic fields. A short introduction into the basic principles of dielectric spectroscopy is given in the supplementary material part I.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nanoscale pillar structures of the magnetic spinel CoFe 2 O 4 embedded in a matrix of the ferroelectric perovskite BiFeO 3 combine a large effective interface area and avoid mechanical clamping to the substrate 126,127 in order to further improve the coupling strength. This structure requires a small magnetic bias to lift the degeneracy between up and down magnetic states and to ensure electric field controlled magnetization switching.…”
Section: Composite Structuresmentioning
confidence: 99%