Enhanced magnetoelectric coupling in a composite multiferroic system via interposing a thin film polymer

Zhuyun Xiao; Kotekar P. Mohanchandra; Roberto Lo Conte; C. Ty Karaba; J. D. Schneider; Andres Chavez; Sidhant Tiwari; Hyunmin Sohn; Mark E. Nowakowski; Andreas Scholl; Sarah H. Tolbert; Jeffrey Bokor; Gregory P. Carman; Rob N. Candler

doi:10.1063/1.5007655

AIP Advances (May 2018)

Enhanced magnetoelectric coupling in a composite multiferroic system via interposing a thin film polymer

Zhuyun Xiao,
Kotekar P. Mohanchandra,
Roberto Lo Conte,
C. Ty Karaba,
J. D. Schneider,
Andres Chavez,
Sidhant Tiwari,
Hyunmin Sohn,
Mark E. Nowakowski,
Andreas Scholl,
Sarah H. Tolbert,
Jeffrey Bokor,
Gregory P. Carman,
Rob N. Candler

Affiliations

Zhuyun Xiao: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Kotekar P. Mohanchandra: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Roberto Lo Conte: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
C. Ty Karaba: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J. D. Schneider: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Andres Chavez: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Sidhant Tiwari: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Hyunmin Sohn: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Mark E. Nowakowski: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Andreas Scholl: Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Sarah H. Tolbert: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Jeffrey Bokor: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Gregory P. Carman: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Rob N. Candler: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007655
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 5
pp. 055907 – 055907-8

Abstract

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Enhancing the magnetoelectric coupling in a strain-mediated multiferroic composite structure plays a vital role in controlling magnetism by electric fields. An enhancement of magnetoelastic coupling between ferroelectric single crystal (011)-cut [Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3](1-x)-[PbTiO3]x (PMN-PT, x≈ 0.30) and ferromagnetic polycrystalline Ni thin film through an interposed benzocyclobutene polymer thin film is reported. A nearly twofold increase in sensitivity of remanent magnetization in the Ni thin film to an applied electric field is observed. This observation suggests a viable method of improving the magnetoelectric response in these composite multiferroic systems.

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ISSN: 2158-3226 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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