Volatile and nonvolatile magnetic easy-axis rotation in epitaxial ferromagnetic thin films on ferroelectric single crystal substrates

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2013-09-01
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We explored the relationship between phase transformation and magnetoelectric effect by depositing epitaxial CoFe2O4 films on < 110 > oriented Pb(Mg,Nb)O-3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) with three different PbTiO3 contents (PMN-28PT, PMN-29.5PT, and PMN-30PT). Electric-field controlled rhombohedral to orthorhombic phase transformation was confirmed by both piezoelectric and dielectric constant measurements. A giant in-plane (IP) uniaxial strain in CoFe2O4 film was induced due to dramatic lattice parameter change trigged by phase transition. Magnetic easy axis can be rotated from IP < 110 > to IP < 001 >. More importantly, the phase transformation could be either reversible or irreversible, resulting in either volatile or nonvolatile magnetic easy axis rotations. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

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Piezoelectric properties, Heterostructures, Strain, Behavior, Voltage, Polarization, Physics
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Wang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Ge, W.; et al., "Volatile and nonvolatile magnetic easy-axis rotation in epitaxial ferromagnetic thin films on ferroelectric single crystal substrates," Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 132909 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4823539
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