Abstract
The existence of a magnetodielectric (magnetocapacitance) effect is often used as a test for multiferroic behavior in new material systems. However, strong magnetodielectric effects can also be achieved through a combination of magnetoresistance and the Maxwell-Wagner effect, unrelated to true magnetoelectric coupling. The fact that this resistive magnetocapacitance does not require multiferroic materials may be advantageous for practical applications. Conversely, however, it also implies that magnetocapacitance per se is not sufficient to establish that a material is multiferroic.
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MagnetocapacitanceMultiferroicsCondensed matter physicsCoupling (piping)Resistive touchscreenMaterials scienceMagnetoresistancePhysicsMagnetic fieldDielectricFerroelectricityOptoelectronicsElectrical engineeringEngineeringComposite materialQuantum mechanics
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Gustau Catalán
(2006).
Magnetocapacitance without magnetoelectric coupling.
Applied Physics Letters
, 88
(10)
.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2177543
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- 10.1063/1.2177543