Self-biased magnetoelectric switching at room temperature in three-phase ferroelectric–antiferromagnetic–ferrimagnetic nanocomposites

Wu, Rui; Zhang, Di; Maity, Tuhin; Lu, Ping; Yang, Jie; Gao, Xingyao; Zhao, Shishun; Wei, Xiucheng; Zeng, Hao; Kursumovic, Ahmed; Tian, Guang; Li, Weiwei; Yun, Chao; Wang, Yongqiang; Ren, Zengyao; Zhou, Ziyao; Liu, Ming; Zhang, Kelvin L.; Jia, Quanxi; Yang, Jinbo; Wang, Haiyan; MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L.

doi:10.1038/s41928-021-00584-y

Self-biased magnetoelectric switching at room temperature in three-phase ferroelectric–antiferromagnetic–ferrimagnetic nanocomposites

Journal Article · Tue May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Nature Electronics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-021-00584-y· OSTI ID:1810362

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Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram (India)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)
State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
University of Science and Technology Beijing (China)
Xiamen Univ. (China)

Magnetoelectric systems could be used to develop magnetoelectric random access memory and microsensor devices. One promising system is the two-phase 3-1-type multiferroic nanocomposite in which a one-dimensional magnetic column is embedded in a three-dimensional ferroelectric matrix. However, it suffers from a number of limitations including unwanted leakage currents and the need for biasing with a magnetic field. Here we show that the addition of an antiferromagnet to a 3-1-type multiferroic nanocomposite can lead to a large, self-biased magnetoelectric effect at room temperature. Our three-phase system is composed of a ferroelectric Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃ matrix in which ferrimagnetic NiFe₂O₄ nanocolumns coated with antiferromagnetic p-type NiO are embedded. This system, which is self-assembled, exhibits a magnetoelectric coefficient of up to 1.38 × 10^–9 s m^–1, which is large enough to switch the magnetic anisotropy from the easy axis (K_eff = 0.91 × 10⁴ J m^–3) to the easy plane (K_eff = –1.65 × 10⁴ J m^–3).

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); European Union (EU); Isaac Newton Trust; Leverhulme Trust; National Key R&D Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSF); National Science Foundation (NSF); Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies; US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1810362

Report Number(s):: SAND--2021-8243J; 697213

Journal Information:: Nature Electronics, Journal Name: Nature Electronics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 4; ISSN 2520-1131

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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