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Magnetic and electrical properties of multiferroic BiFeO3, its synthesis and applications

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Major ways to improve the magnetic and electrical properties of promising multiferroic BiFeO3 and optimize its synthesis have been studied, and its applications in spintronics, photonics, and magnonics have been discussed.

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Skorikov, V.M., Kalinkin, A.N. & Polyakov, A.E. Magnetic and electrical properties of multiferroic BiFeO3, its synthesis and applications. Inorg Mater 48, 1210–1225 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168512130043

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