Magnetic materials exhibiting spontaneous and switchable magnetization whereas Ferroelectric materials possess spontaneous and switchable electrical polarization, along with strong electromechanical coupling, pyroelectric and electrooptical properties. Multiferroic (MF) materials exhibit two or more primary ferroic orderings such as ferroelectricity, ferro(antiferro/ferri) magnetism, ferroelasticity, and ferrotoroidicity in the same phase. Ferroic materials have attracted significant attention around the world as they exhibit rich fundamental physics and have strong potential for applications in memory, energy harvesting/ storage, spintronics, spincaloritronics, and different multifunctional devices.
The new ferroic materials approach for the realization of strong room-temperature ferroelectricity with high saturation polarization in ferroelectric materials, magnetism with high magnetization in magnetic materials, and strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling among the ferroelectric and magnetic orderings in multiferroic materials is very promising and potentially capable of enabling a wide range of novel devices are still awaiting suitable materials. The emergence of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials exhibiting physical properties at ultrathin limits above room temperature is also very promising for miniaturization of devices beyond Moore’s law for future energy efficient nanoelectronic devices.
The aim of the current research topic is to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends in the ferroelectric, magnetic and multiferroic area. Areas to be covered in this research topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Ferroelectrics
• Magnetic Materials
• Ferroelastic Materials
• Multiferroic Materials (Single Phase and Composite)
• 2D Ferroelectric and magnetic materials
• Quantum Materials
Keywords: Ferroelectricity, magnetism, ferroelasticity, multiferroic, Quantum Materials
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