Rare coupling of magnetic and electric properties in a single material
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed a new way that magnetic and electric properties which have a long history of ignoring and counteracting each other can coexist in a special class of metals. These materials, known as multiferroics, could serve as the basis for the next generation of faster and energy-efficient logic, memory, and sensing technology.