Domains in ferroelectrics were considered to be well understood by the middle of the last
century: They were generally rectilinear, and their walls were Ising-like. Their simplicity …

Oxides have become a key ingredient for new concepts of electronic devices. To a large
extent, this is due to the profusion of new physics and novel functionalities arising from …

Local conduction at domains and domain walls is investigated in BiFeO 3 thin films
containing mostly 71° domain walls. Measurements at room temperature reveal conduction …

There is an increasing understanding of the mechanisms underlying the development of
magnetoelectric coupling and multiferroic order in both single-phase and composite …

We present an overview of the current interest in non-collinear magnetism in multiferroic
perovskite crystals. We first describe the different microscopic mechanisms giving rise to the …

Progress in nanotechnology requires new approaches to materials synthesis that make it
possible to control material functionality down to the smallest scales. An objective of …

Multiferroic materials promise a tantalizing perspective of novel applications in next-
generation electronic, memory, and energy harvesting technologies, and at the same time …

BiFeO3 (BFO) and La-doped BFO (BLFO) thin films were grown on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrate
using pulsed laser deposition. The domain structures of the BFO and BLFO were …

Domain boundaries typically constitute only a minute fraction of the total volume of a crystal.
However, a special (but not unusual) situation can occur in which the domain boundary …

Strain engineering of functional properties in epitaxial thin films of strongly correlated oxides
exhibiting octahedral-framework structures is hindered by the lack of adequate misfit …