γ-BaFe2O4: a fresh playground for room temperature multiferroicity

The application of multiferroics is often limited by low ordering temperatures. Here, the authors show that BaFe2O4 is a room temperature antiferromagnet with improper ferroelectricity, suggesting it as a playground for the study of multiferroicity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fabio Orlandi, Davide Delmonte, Gianluca Calestani, Enrico Cavalli, Edmondo Gilioli, Vladimir V. Shvartsman, Patrizio Graziosi, Stefano Rampino, Giulia Spaggiari, Chao Liu, Wei Ren, Silvia Picozzi, Massimo Solzi, Michele Casappa, Francesco Mezzadri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35669-5