The ability to adjust magnetic properties by application of a small electric field is unique to multiferroics and promises widespread application in electronic devices. The race is on to establish a materials system that exhibits significant magnetic-electric coupling at room temperature. Scientists in the Department of Physics, Colorado State University brought multiferroics a step closer to application by developing a multiferroic device consisting of a ferroelectric film sandwichedrnby embedded electrodes, stacked on a ferrimagnetic layer.
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