ME+coupling+in+oxide+heterostructure.pdf

www.advmat.de www.MaterialsV T R Magnetoelectric Coupling Effects in Multiferroic Complex O P E Oxide Composite Structures R S S By Carlos A. F. Vaz ,* Jason Hoffman , Charles H. Ahn , and Ramamoorthy Ramesh E R G O R P There is, however, a class of materials The study of magnetoelectric materials has recently received renewed where such magnetoelectric coupling is interest, in large part stimulated by breakthroughs in the controlled growth found to be signifi cant. In such compounds, of complex materials and by the search for novel materials with functionali- application of a magnetic or electric fi eld gives rise to the onset, or modifi cation, of ties suitable for next generation electronic devices. In this Progress Report, the electric and magnetic properties, respec- we present an overview of recent developments in the fi eld, with emphasis tively. A particularly interesting subset on magnetoelectric coupling effects in complex oxide multiferroic composite consists of those materials characterized by materials. the simultaneous presence of, and a cou- pling