Implementing Room-Temperature Multiferroism by Exploiting Hexagonal-Orthorhombic Morphotropic Phase Coexistence in LuFeO3 Thin Films.

Song, Seungwoo; Han, Hyeon; Jang, Hyun Myung; Kim, Young Tae; Lee, Nam-Suk; Park, Chan Gyung; Kim, Jeong Rae; Noh, Tae Won et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Room-temperature multiferroism in LuFeO3 (LFO) films is demonstrated by exploiting the orthorhombic-hexagonal (o-h) morphotrophic phase coexistence. The LFO film further reveals a magnetoelectric coupling effect that is not shown in single-phase (h- or o-) LFO. The observed multiferroism is attributed to the combination of sufficient polarization from h-LFO and net magnetization from o-LFO.