Bitte wählen Sie ihr Lieferland und ihre Kundengruppe
Strongly coupled multiferroic materials that operate near room temperature do not exist today. Most of the present day material design approaches are top-down strategies that focus on combining properties. Electric-magnetic cross-coupled responses are then assumed to follow from the mere presence of different microscopic degrees of freedom. Understanding the fundamental mechanisms and key materials parameters that facilitate a strong cross coupling between the various functions in order to increase their functionality remains a daunting task. Considering the many talented scientists working on this problem and their combined inability to date to coax the desired functionality out of materials with their top-down approach, it is apparent that a new approach is needed to make the desired leap in progress. Given the complexity of the problem it would not be surprising if rationalized design criteria lead to structures that do not currently exist in nature and in fact cannot be synthesized by conventional bulk synthesis routes.