A research group led by Prof. Li Xiangyang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has theoretically predicted a series of multiferroic materials that can be ...

Microscopic aspects of ferroelectricity are canonically related to polar atomic displacements that break inversion symmetry of the crystal, leading to a non-zero net electric dipole moment. However, ...

The electric polarization of a multiferroic material can be rotated by application of a magnetic field at low temperature. Ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials can be used in memory applications ...

Over the last few decades, multiferroics have emerged as a frontier in condensed matter physics and material science. Multiferroics are unique in their ability to exhibit both ferroelectric and ...

Big data and exponential demands for computations are driving an unsustainable rise in global ICT energy use. A new study reviews the use of the 'multiferroic' material bismuth-ferrite, which allows ...

Multiferroic materials, with their combined and coupled magnetism and ferroelectricity, provide a playground for studying new physics and chemistry as well as a platform for the development of novel ...

Multiferroic compounds have the potential to be energy-efficient information storage devices, but it has been difficult to realize the simultaneous control of multiple ferroic orders. Researchers ...

Materials that lose functionality due to elevated temperatures, whether from ambient conditions or device-generated heat, have limited practical applications. This challenge is a primary limitation of ...

Science, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1880 and published by AAAS, today ranks as the world's largest circulation general science journal. Published 51 times a year, Science is renowned for its ...

Microscopic aspects of ferroelectricity are canonically related to polar atomic displacements that break inversion symmetry of the crystal, leading to a non-zero net electric dipole moment. However, ...

A new UNSW study comprehensively reviews the magnetic structure of the multiferroic material bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3 - BFO). The review advances FLEET's search for low-energy electronics, bringing ...

(Nanowerk News) A new University of New South Wales (UNSW) study comprehensively reviews the magnetic structure of the multiferroic material bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3 – BFO). BFO is unique in that it ...