Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Magnetization-polarization cross-control near room temperature in hexaferrite single crystals

  • V. Kocsis,
  • T. Nakajima,
  • M. Matsuda,
  • A. Kikkawa,
  • Y. Kaneko,
  • J. Takashima,
  • K. Kakurai,
  • T. Arima,
  • F. Kagawa,
  • Y. Tokunaga,
  • Y. Tokura,
  • Y. Taguchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09205-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Mutual control of the electric polarization and magnetization promises for low power consumption spintronic devices but remains challenging. Here the authors show reversal of non-volatile magnetization by electric field as well as the polarization switching by magnetic field in a single-component material, close to room temperature.