Multifunctionalities driven by ferroic domains

Yang, J.C.; Huang, Y.L.; He, Q.; Chu, Y.H.

Abstract

Considerable attention has been paid to ferroic systems in pursuit of advanced applications in past decades. Most recently, the emergence and development of multiferroics, which exhibit the coexistence of different ferroic natures, has offered a new route to create functionalities in the system. In this manuscript, we step from domain engineering to explore a roadmap for discovering intriguing phenomena and multifunctionalities driven by periodic domain patters. As-grown periodic domains, offering exotic order parameters, periodic local perturbations and the capability of tailoring local spin, charge, orbital and lattice degrees of freedom, are introduced as modeling templates for fundamental studies and novel applications. We discuss related significant findings on ferroic domain, nanoscopic domain walls, and conjunct heterostructures based on the well-organized domain patterns, and end with future prospects and challenges in the field.

Citation

Yang, J., Huang, Y., He, Q., & Chu, Y. (2014). Multifunctionalities driven by ferroic domains. Journal of Applied Physics, 116(6), Article 066801. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891632

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 4, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Aug 14, 2014
• Publication Date: Aug 14, 2014
• Deposit Date: Dec 5, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 17, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Applied Physics
• Print ISSN: 0021-8979
• Electronic ISSN: 1089-7550
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 116
• Issue: 6
• Article Number: 066801
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891632
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1369421