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Two steps for a magnetoelectric switch

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Magnetoelectric materials allow magnetism to be controlled by an electric field. The discovery of an indirect path for switching electrical polarization in one such material brings this idea close to practical use. See Letter p.370

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Figure 1: Indirect reversal of magnetization using an electric field.

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  1. Kathrin Dörr is at the Institute for Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany.,

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  2. Andreas Herklotz is in the Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.,

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Dörr, K., Herklotz, A. Two steps for a magnetoelectric switch. Nature 516, 337–338 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/516337a

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