Multiferroics are materials that exhibit more than one ferroic property, typically ferroelectricity (i.e., a spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversed by electric fields) and ...

The coupling between the electric and magnetic dipoles in multiferroics has little to do with Maxwell’s electrodynamics and is related to virtual charge fluctuations in Mott insulators and Fermi ...

Electronic devices have been constantly decreasing in size and increasing in speed and efficiency, from miniaturized personal computers to pocket-sized cell phones. Researchers in the Department of ...

Multiferroic materials, which show simultaneous ferroelectric and magnetic ordering, exhibit unusual physical properties — and in turn promise new device applications — as a result of the coupling ...

Researchers have demonstrated that electric fields can be used as ON/OFF switches in multiferroic materials, a development that holds promise for future magnetic data storage and spintronic devices.

Multiferroics have become the focus of exciting research in recent years. The reason being is that this newly discovered class of materials have unusual properties that are not found in other ...

Ferromagnetism is the core process responsible for the formation of permanent magnets. In non-magnetic compounds, permanent magnetic dipoles typically line up antiparallel, canceling each other out.

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 ...

Researchers at Intel Corp. and the University of California at Berkeley have invented a new kind of computing device based on magnetoelectric spin-orbit logic (MESO). The device, which works at room ...

One day, while a shepherd named Magnes was herding his sheep, the iron tip of his staff and the nails in his sandals suddenly became firmly stuck to a large black rock—. This is a legend accounting ...

BERKELEY, CA – Multiferroics are materials in which unique combinations of electric and magnetic properties can simultaneously coexist. They are potential cornerstones in future magnetic data storage ...

(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 ...