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Tailoring Magnetoelectric Coupling in BiFeO 3 /La 0.7 Sr 0.3 MnO 3 Heterostructure through the Interface Engineering

Publication Type

Journal Article

Authors

Yi, D., P. Yu, Y.-C. Chen, H.-H. Lee, Q. He, Y.-H. Chu, Ramamoorthy Ramesh

DOI

10.1002/adma.201806335

Abstract

Electric field control of magnetism ultimately opens up the possibility of reducing energy consumption of memory and logic devices. Electric control of magnetization and exchange bias are demonstrated in all-oxide heterostructures of BiFeO 3 (BFO) and La 0.7 Sr 0.3 MnO 3 (LSMO). However, the role of the polar heterointerface on magnetoelectric (ME) coupling is not fully explored. Here, the ME coupling in BFO/LSMO heterostructures with two types of interfaces, achieved by exploiting the interface engineering at the atomic scale, is investigated. It is shown that both magnetization and exchange bias are reversibly controlled by switching the ferroelectric polarization of BFO. Intriguingly, distinctly different modulation behaviors that depend on the interfacial atomic sequence are observed. These results provide new insights into the underlying physics of ME coupling in the model system. This study highlights that designing interface at the atomic scale is of general importance for functional spintronic devices. © 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Journal

Advanced Materials

Volume

Year of Publication

2019

ISSN

09359648

Notes

cited By 8

Research Areas

Ramesh Lab