Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Site-specific spectroscopic measurement of spin and charge in (LuFeO3) m /(LuFe2O4)1 multiferroic superlattices

  • Shiyu Fan,
  • Hena Das,
  • Alejandro Rébola,
  • Kevin A. Smith,
  • Julia Mundy,
  • Charles Brooks,
  • Megan E. Holtz,
  • David A. Muller,
  • Craig J. Fennie,
  • Ramamoorthy Ramesh,
  • Darrell G. Schlom,
  • Stephen McGill,
  • Janice L. Musfeldt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19285-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Understanding the inner workings of complex magnetoelectric multiferroics remains a challenge, as macroscopic techniques characterize average responses rather than the role of individual iron centers. Here, the authors reveal the origin of high-temperature magnetism in multiferroic superlattices.