Kavli Affiliate: David Muller | Summary:Multiferroic materials that combine magnetic and electric order at room temperature are rare. Here, we demonstrate strain-induced room-temperature polar order in the ferrimagnetic hexaferrite BaFe12O19. First-principles calculations reveal a strain-tunable energy landscape with multiple competing dipolar configurations and predict that compressive strain favors polar distortions. Using an isostructural Sr1.03Ga10.81Mg0.58Zr0.58O19 substrate, […]
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