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REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS

Magnetoelectric and multiferroic media

A. P. Pyatakov^ab, A. K. Zvezdin<sup>b

a</sup> Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
^b Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: The last decade has witnessed a significant growth of research into materials with coupled magnetic and electric properties. Reviewed here are the main types and mechanisms of magnetoelectric interactions and conditions of their origin. Special attention is given to potentially practical materials that display magnetoelectric properties at room temperature. Example applications of magnetoelectric materials and multiferroics in information and energy saving technologies are discussed.

PACS: 75.85.+t, 85.70.-w, 85.75.-d

Received: February 6, 2012
Accepted: February 28, 2012

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0182.201206b.0593

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2012, 55:6, 557–581

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