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Multiferroic materials have complex domain structures that make precise interpretation of their behaviours difficult. The creation and study of a single-domain multiferroic crystal is thus an exciting development.

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Figure 1: Electrical control of ferromagnetic films.

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  1. Neil Mathur is in the Department of Materials Science, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK. ndm12@cam.ac.uk,

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Mathur, N. A desirable wind up. Nature 454, 591–592 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454591a

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