Monolithic integration of roomtemperature multifunctional BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 epitaxial heterostructures on Si(001)

The multifunctional (ferromagnetic and ferroelectric) response at room temperature that is elusive in single phase multiferroic materials can be achieved in a proper combination of ferroelectric perovskites and ferrimagnetic spinel oxides in horizontal heterostructures. In this work, lead-free CoFe2...

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Autores: Scigaj, Mateusz, Dix, Nico, Gázquez, Jaume, Varela, María, Fina, Ignasi, Domingo, Neus, Herranz, Gervasi, Skumryev, Vassil, Fontcuberta, Josep, Sánchez Barrera, Florencio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/137174
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/137174
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thin-films
Silicon
Oxides
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Sumario:The multifunctional (ferromagnetic and ferroelectric) response at room temperature that is elusive in single phase multiferroic materials can be achieved in a proper combination of ferroelectric perovskites and ferrimagnetic spinel oxides in horizontal heterostructures. In this work, lead-free CoFe2O4/BaTiO3 bilayers are integrated with Si(001) using LaNiO3/CeO2/YSZ as a tri-layer buffer. They present structural and functional properties close to those achieved on perovskite substrates: the bilayers are fully epitaxial with extremely flat surface, and exhibit robust ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity at room temperature.