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Electrical characterization of magnetoelectrical materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

J.F. Scott*
Affiliation:
Centre for Ferroics, Earth Sciences Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
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a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: jsco99@esc.cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

A brief review is given of electrical properties of magnetoelectric, multiferroic materials, with emphasis on magnetocapacitance effects, nanostructures, integration into real random access memories, and critical phenomena, including defect dynamics near phase transitions.

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REVIEW—Multiferroics Special Section
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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