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Abstract
Thin single-crystal lamellae cut from Pb(Zr,Ti)O3–Pb(Fe,Ta)O3 ceramic samples have been integrated into simple coplanar capacitor devices. The influence of applied electric and magnetic fields on ferroelectric domain configurations has been mapped, using piezoresponse force microscopy. The extent to which magnetic fields alter the ferroelectric domains was found to be strongly history dependent: after switching had been induced by applying electric fields, the susceptibility of the domains to change under a magnetic field (the effective magnetoelectric coupling parameter) was large. Such large, magnetic field-induced changes resulted in a remanent domain state very similar to the remanent state induced by an electric field. Subsequent magnetic field reversal induced more modest ferroelectric switching.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 20120450 |
Journal | Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences |
Volume | 372 |
Issue number | 2009 |
Early online date | 13 Jan 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
- General Physics and Astronomy
- General Engineering
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R1069CMM: Addressing Current Issues in Multiferoics
Gregg, M. (PI)
01/08/2011 → 25/09/2015
Project: Research
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R1136CMM: Critical scaling of Domain Dynamics in Ferroelectric Nanoelements
Gregg, M. (PI)
01/08/2009 → 30/11/2013
Project: Research