Large electric polarization and exchange bias in multiferroic BiFeO3

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作者
Dho, Joonghoe
Qi, Xiaoding
Kim, Hyunho
MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L.
Blamire, Mark G.
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Mat Sci & Met, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Nanosci Ctr, Cambridge CB3 0FF, England
[3] Samsung Elect Co, ATD Team, Memory Div, Semicond Business, Yongin, South Korea
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10.1002/adma.200502622
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O6 [化学];
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Low-leakage BiFeO3 films have been grown with saturated ferroelectric hysteresis loops (see figure) and a very large remanent polarization. The antiferromagnetic nature of BiFeO3 films is confirmed by the appearance of an exchange bias in BiFeO3-based spin-valve multilayers. The results imply that there is potential for room-temperature applications of BiFeO3 that combine ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic functionality.
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