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TUT: Tutorien

TUT 3: Functional Ferroics (joint session KFM/TUT)

TUT 3.1: Tutorium

Sonntag, 4. September 2022, 16:00–16:45, H3

Domains and domain walls in functional ferroics — •Dennis Meier — Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology — Center for Quantum Spintronics, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Ferroic materials with spontaneous magnetic or electric long-range order are a rich source for functional phenomena. Ferromagnets, for example, are used in hard discs and read heads, whereas ferroelectrics find application as capacitors, energy harvesters, and in tunnel junctions. The rich functionality of ferroic materials is closely linked to their domain structures and the responses of the domains to external stimuli.

In this tutorial, I will give an introduction to the fundamentals that underpin the domain formation in ferroics and discuss different microscopy techniques that allow for imaging electric and magnetic domains. Furthermore, we will talk about more exotic systems, such as improper ferroelectrics and multiferroics, where the interplay of coexisting order parameters gives rise to completely new domain and domain wall properties at the nanoscale. Open experimental challenges will be addressed, as well as future application and research opportunities.