Polarization curling and flux closures in multiferroic tunnel junctions

Jonathan J. P. Peters; Geanina Apachitei; Richard Beanland; Marin Alexe; Ana M. Sanchez

doi:10.1038/ncomms13484

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Polarization curling and flux closures in multiferroic tunnel junctions

Jonathan J. P. Peters,
Geanina Apachitei,
Richard Beanland,
Marin Alexe,
Ana M. Sanchez

Affiliations

Jonathan J. P. Peters: Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Geanina Apachitei: Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Richard Beanland: Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Marin Alexe: Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Ana M. Sanchez: Department of Physics, University of Warwick

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13484
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Ferroelectric vortex-type structures have only been seen in isolated films, leaving electrode effects unexplored. Here, Peters et al. show that the polarisation curling and formation of vortex and flux-closure structures is a generic effect appearing in ultrathin ferroelectric films.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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