Electric field-induced magnetization switching in epitaxial columnar nanostructures

Journal Article

Zavaliche, F, H Zheng, L Mohaddes-Ardabili, S.Y Yang, Q Zhan, P Shafer, E Reilly, R Chopdekar, Y Jia, P Wright, D.G Schlom, Y Suzuki, Ramamoorthy Ramesh

10.1021/nl051406i

We present direct evidence for room-temperature magnetization reversal induced by an electric field in epitaxial ferroelectric BiFeO 3-ferrimagnetic CoFe 2O 4 columnar nanostructures. Piezoelectric force microscopy and magnetic force microscopy were used to locally image the coupled piezoelectric-magnetic switching. Quantitative analyses give a perpendicular magnetoelectric susceptibility of ∼1.0 × 10 -2 G cm/V. The observed effect is due to the strong elastic coupling between the two ferroic constituents as the result of the three-dimensional heteroepitaxy. © 2005 American Chemical Society.

Nano Letters

5

2005

15306984

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