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Magnetic moments under stress

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Most multiferroic materials are antiferromagnets, yet ferromagnetism can be induced in bismuth ferrite by substrate-induced strain. Strain is now shown to afford useful control of the orientation of magnetic moments in the multiferroics.

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Figure 1: Sketch of magnetic moments in bismuth ferrite.

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  1. Annemieke M. Mulders is in the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales Canberra, Canberra BC 2610, Australia,

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Mulders, A. Magnetic moments under stress. Nature Phys 9, 398–399 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2677

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