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Multiferroics

Multiferroics are defined as materials that exhibit more than one of the primary ferroic properties in the same phase:[1]

  • ferromagnetism – a magnetisation that is switchable by an applied magnetic field
  • ferroelectricity – an electric polarisation that is switchable by an applied electric field
  • ferroelasticity – a deformation that is switchable by an applied stress

While ferroelectric ferroelastics and ferromagnetic ferroelastics are formally multiferroics, these days the term is usually used to describe the magnetoelectric multiferroics that are simultaneously ferromagnetic and ferroelectric.[1] Sometimes the definition is expanded to include nonprimary order parameters, such as antiferromagnetism or ferrimagnetism. In addition, other types of primary order, such as ferroic arrangements of magnetoelectric multipoles[2] of which ferrotoroidicity[3] is an example, were proposed.

Besides scientific interest in their physical properties, multiferroics have potential for applications as actuators, switches, magnetic field sensors and new types of electronic memory devices.[4]

  1. ^ a b Spaldin, Nicola A.; Fiebig, Manfred (2005). "The renaissance of magnetoelectric multiferroics". Science. 309 (5733): 391–2. doi:10.1126/science.1113357. PMID 16020720. S2CID 118513837.
  2. ^ Spaldin, Nicola A.; Fiebig, Manfred; Mostovoy, Maxim (2008). "The toroidal moment in condensed-matter physics and its relation to the magnetoelectric effect" (PDF). Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 20 (43): 434203. Bibcode:2008JPCM...20Q4203S. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/20/43/434203. S2CID 53455483.
  3. ^ Ederer, Claude; Spaldin, Nicola A. (2007). "Towards a microscopic theory of toroidal moments in bulk periodic crystals" (PDF). Physical Review B. 76 (21): 214404. arXiv:0706.1974. Bibcode:2007PhRvB..76u4404E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.214404. hdl:2262/31370. S2CID 55003368.
  4. ^ Ramesh, R.; Spaldin, Nicola A. (2007). "Multiferroics: progress and prospects in thin films". Nature Materials. 6 (1): 21–29. Bibcode:2007NatMa...6...21R. doi:10.1038/nmat1805. ISSN 1476-4660. PMID 17199122.

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