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Title: Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroicBiFeO3 film at room temperature

Abstract

Multiferroic materials, which offer the possibility ofmanipulating the magnetic state by an electric field or vice versa, areof great current interest. In this work, we demonstrate the firstobservation of electrical control of antiferromagnetic domain structurein a single-phase multiferroic material at room temperature.High-resolution images of both antiferromagnetic and ferroelectric domainstructures of (001)-oriented multiferroic BiFeO3 filmsrevealed a cleardomain correlation, indicating a strong coupling between the two types oforder. The ferroelectric structure was measured using piezo forcemicroscopy, whereas X-ray photoemission electron microscopy as well asits temperature dependence was used to detect the antiferromagneticconfiguration. Antiferromagnetic domainswitching induced by ferroelectricpolarization switching was observed, in agreement with theoreticalpredictions.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Basic EnergySciences
OSTI Identifier:
918814
Report Number(s):
LBNL-61583
R&D Project: A58128; BnR: KC0204016; TRN: US200819%%459
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nature Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 09/03/2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36; CONFIGURATION; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOEMISSION; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; FILMS; advanced light source als

Citation Formats

Zhao, T, Scholl, A, Zavaliche, F, Lee, K, Barry, M, Doran, A, Cruz, M P, Chu, Y H, Ederer, C, Spaldin, N A, Das, R R, Kim, D M, Baek, S H, Eom, C B, and Ramesh, R. Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroicBiFeO3 film at room temperature. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1038/nmat1731.
Zhao, T, Scholl, A, Zavaliche, F, Lee, K, Barry, M, Doran, A, Cruz, M P, Chu, Y H, Ederer, C, Spaldin, N A, Das, R R, Kim, D M, Baek, S H, Eom, C B, & Ramesh, R. Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroicBiFeO3 film at room temperature. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1731
Zhao, T, Scholl, A, Zavaliche, F, Lee, K, Barry, M, Doran, A, Cruz, M P, Chu, Y H, Ederer, C, Spaldin, N A, Das, R R, Kim, D M, Baek, S H, Eom, C B, and Ramesh, R. 2006. "Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroicBiFeO3 film at room temperature". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1731.
@article{osti_918814,
title = {Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroicBiFeO3 film at room temperature},
author = {Zhao, T and Scholl, A and Zavaliche, F and Lee, K and Barry, M and Doran, A and Cruz, M P and Chu, Y H and Ederer, C and Spaldin, N A and Das, R R and Kim, D M and Baek, S H and Eom, C B and Ramesh, R},
abstractNote = {Multiferroic materials, which offer the possibility ofmanipulating the magnetic state by an electric field or vice versa, areof great current interest. In this work, we demonstrate the firstobservation of electrical control of antiferromagnetic domain structurein a single-phase multiferroic material at room temperature.High-resolution images of both antiferromagnetic and ferroelectric domainstructures of (001)-oriented multiferroic BiFeO3 filmsrevealed a cleardomain correlation, indicating a strong coupling between the two types oforder. The ferroelectric structure was measured using piezo forcemicroscopy, whereas X-ray photoemission electron microscopy as well asits temperature dependence was used to detect the antiferromagneticconfiguration. Antiferromagnetic domainswitching induced by ferroelectricpolarization switching was observed, in agreement with theoreticalpredictions.},
doi = {10.1038/nmat1731},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/918814}, journal = {Nature Materials},
number = ,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Mon Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}