Abstract
Topological structures in multiferroic materials have recently received considerable attention because of their potential use as nanoscale functional elements. Their reduced size in conjunction with exotic arrangement of the ferroic order parameter and potential order parameter coupling allows for emergent and unexplored phenomena in condensed matter and functional materials systems. This will lead to exciting new fundamental discoveries as well as application concepts that exploit their response to external stimuli such as mechanical strain, electric and magnetic fields. In this review we capture the current development of this rapidly moving field with specific emphasis on key achievements that have cast light on how such topological structures in multiferroic materials systems can be exploited for use in complex oxide nanoelectronics and spintronics.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1500292 |
| Journal | Advanced Electronic Materials |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
Funding
JS and VN acknowledge support by the Australian Research Council through ARC Discovery Projects. JS also acknowledges an ARC Future Fellowship. This research was in part sponsored by the Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, BES, DOE (RKV). We acknowledge fruitful discussions with all our colleagues, and in particular wish to extend a special thanks to all participants of the “International Workshop on Topological Structures in Ferroic Materials” held in Sydney in May 2015. He also acknowledges the help of Mr. Dongyi Zhou in maintaining the reference list for this article.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Basic Energy Sciences | |
| Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering | |
| Australian Research Council |
Keywords
- ferroics
- scanning probe microscopy
- skyrmions
- topological defects