Self-biased magnetoelectric switching at room temperature in three-phase ferroelectric–antiferromagnetic–ferrimagnetic nanocomposites
Abstract
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 Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 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 (Keff = 0.91 × 104 J m–3) to the easy plane (Keff = –1.65 × 104 J m–3).
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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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Leverhulme Trust; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies; European Union (EU); Isaac Newton Trust; National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSF); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1810362
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2021-8243J
Journal ID: ISSN 2520-1131; 697213
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; RPG-2015-017; EP/N004272/1; EP/M000524/1; CiET1819\24; H2020-MSCA-IF-2016; RG96474; 2017YFA0206303; 11975035; 51731001; ECCS-1902644; ECCS-1902623; N00014-20-1-2043; EP/T012218/1; 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Electronics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2520-1131
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
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, and MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L. Self-biased magnetoelectric switching at room temperature in three-phase ferroelectric–antiferromagnetic–ferrimagnetic nanocomposites. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41928-021-00584-y.
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. Self-biased magnetoelectric switching at room temperature in three-phase ferroelectric–antiferromagnetic–ferrimagnetic nanocomposites. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-021-00584-y
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, and MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L. Tue .
"Self-biased magnetoelectric switching at room temperature in three-phase ferroelectric–antiferromagnetic–ferrimagnetic nanocomposites". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-021-00584-y. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1810362.
@article{osti_1810362,
title = {Self-biased magnetoelectric switching at room temperature in three-phase ferroelectric–antiferromagnetic–ferrimagnetic nanocomposites},
author = {Wu, Rui and Zhang, Di and Maity, Tuhin and Lu, Ping and Yang, Jie and Gao, Xingyao and Zhao, Shishun and Wei, Xiucheng and Zeng, Hao and Kursumovic, Ahmed and Tian, Guang and Li, Weiwei and Yun, Chao and Wang, Yongqiang and Ren, Zengyao and Zhou, Ziyao and Liu, Ming and Zhang, Kelvin L. and Jia, Quanxi and Yang, Jinbo and Wang, Haiyan and MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L.},
abstractNote = {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 Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 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 (Keff = 0.91 × 104 J m–3) to the easy plane (Keff = –1.65 × 104 J m–3).},
doi = {10.1038/s41928-021-00584-y},
journal = {Nature Electronics},
number = 5,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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