Heterointerfaces between complex oxides have sparked considerable interest due to their fascinating physical properties and their offering of new possibilities for next-generation electronic devices. The key to realize practical applications is the control through external stimuli. In this study, we take the self-assembled BiFeO3-CoFe2O4 tubular interface as a model system to demonstrate the no...

We calculate the effect of epitaxial strain on the structure and properties of multiferroic bismuth ferrite, BiFeO3, using first-principles density-functional theory. We investigate epitaxial strain corresponding to an 001 -oriented substrate and find that, while small strain causes only quantitative changes in behavior from the bulk material, compressive strains of greater than 4% induce an is...

Transition metal oxides (TMOs) exhibit many emergent phenomena ranging from high-temperature superconductivity and giant magnetoresistance to magnetism and ferroelectricity. In addition, when TMOs are interfaced with each other, new functionalities can arise, which are absent in individual components. Here, we report results from first-principles calculations on the magnetism at the BiFeO3/YBa2...

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A promising approach for obtaining a large magnetoelectric response at room temperature in single-phase materials is to make use of phase-change phenomena structural instabilities multiferroic state. This the case perovskites showing morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) between ferroelectric polymorphs with differentiated magnetic orderings, like BiFeO3–PbTiO3. Indeed, distinctive effects were rec...

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