Magnetoelectric coupling effect of polarization regulation in BiFeO3/LaTiO3 heterostructures

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/abf924

Abstract An effective regulation of the magnetism and interface of ferromagnetic materials is not only of great scientific significance, but also has an urgent need in modern industry. In this work, by using the first-principles calculations, we demonstrate an effective approach to achieve non-volatile electrical control of ferromagnets, which proves this idea in multiferroic heterostructures of ferromagnetic LaTiO₃ and ferroelectric BiFeO₃. The results show that the magnetic properties and two-dimensional electron gas concentrations of LaTiO₃ films can be controlled by changing the polarization directions of BiFeO₃. The destroyed symmetry being introduced by ferroelectric polarization of the system leads to the transfer and reconstruction of the Ti-3d electrons, which is the fundamental reason for the changing of magnetic properties. This multiferroic heterostructures will pave the way for non-volatile electrical control of ferromagnets and have potential applications.

Keywords: first-principles calculations BiFeO₃/LaTiO₃ heterostructures magnetoelectric coupling effect polarization regulation

Received: 23 February 2021
Revised: 11 April 2021
Accepted manuscript online: 19 April 2021

PACS:	61.50.Ah	(Theory of crystal structure, crystal symmetry; calculations and modeling)
	73.40.Lq	(Other semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts, p-n junctions, and heterojunctions)
	75.70.Cn	(Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures))
	77.55.Nv	(Multiferroic/magnetoelectric films)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12047517), the International Cooperation Project of Science and Technology of Henan Province, China (Grant No. 182102410096), the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province, China (Grant No. 202300410069), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 2020M682274 and 2020TQ0089).

Corresponding Authors: Feng-Zhu Ren, Bing Wang, Qin-Fen Gu
E-mail: f.z.ren@henu.edu.cn;bwang@vip.henu.edu.cn;qinfeng@ansto.gov.au

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Chao Jin(金超), Feng-Zhu Ren(任凤竹), Wei Sun(孙伟), Jing-Yu Li(李静玉), Bing Wang(王冰), and Qin-Fen Gu(顾勤奋) Magnetoelectric coupling effect of polarization regulation in BiFeO₃/LaTiO₃ heterostructures 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 076105

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