Title: BiFeO3 Thin Films: A Playground for Exploring Electric-Field Control of Multifunctionalities
Authors: Yang, Jan-Chi
He, Qing
Yu, Pu
Chu, Ying-Hao
材料科學與工程學系
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords: BiFeO3;multiferroic;thin film;heterostructure;complex oxide
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2015
Abstract: A promising approach to the next generation of low-power, functional, and green nanoelectronics relies on advances in the electric-field control of lattice, charge, orbital, and spin degrees of freedom in novel materials. The possibility of electric-field control of these multiple materials functionalities offers interesting options across a range of modern technologies, including information communication, computing processes, data storage, active components, and functional electronics. This article reviews electric-field control and modulation of various degrees of freedom through the medium of multiferroic BiFeO3. Coexisting order parameters and inherent couplings in this materials system form a potent playground, enabling direct and indirect manipulation to obtain intriguing properties and functionalities with an electric stimulus. An in-depth understanding of those electrically controlled phenomena and breakthroughs is highlighted, paving a new route toward multifunctional nanoelectronics. This article concludes with a brief discussion on foreseeable challenges as well as future directions.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-070214-020837
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/128098
ISBN: 978-0-8243-1745-4
ISSN: 1531-7331
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070214-020837
Journal: ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, VOL 45
Volume: 45
Begin Page: 249
End Page: 275
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