The magnetoelectric effect in transition metal oxides: Insights and the rational design of new materials from first principles

2012/07/31 by Turan Birol, Nicole A. Benedek, Hena Das +6 · 73 citations
Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Dielectric #Electronics #Engineering physics #Ferroelectricity #Focus (optics) #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Magnetoelectric effect #Materials science #Multiferroics #Multiferroics and related materials #Nanotechnology #Optics #Optoelectronics #Physical chemistry #Physics #Rational design #Transition metal #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.cossms.2012.08.002

published in Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 16(5), 227-242 (Elsevier BV) · 24 pages, 12 figures

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Abstract

The search for materials displaying a large magnetoelectric effect has occupied researchers for many decades. The rewards could include not only advanced electronics technologies, but also fundamental insights concerning the dielectric and magnetic properties of condensed matter. In this article, we focus on the magnetoelectric effect in transition metal oxides and review the manner in which first-principles calculations have helped guide the search for (and increasingly, predicted) new materials and shed light on the microscopic mechanisms responsible for magnetoelectric phenomena.

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