{
  "id": "1109.3090",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-09-14T14:32:10.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-09-14T14:32:10.000Z",
  "title": "Prediction of the Magnetotoroidic Effect from Atomistic Simulations",
  "authors": [
    "Wei Ren",
    "L. Bellaiche"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 127202 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.127202",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "An effective Hamiltonian technique is used to investigate the effect of applying curled electric fields on physical properties of stress-free BiFeO3 dots being under open-circuit electrical boundary conditions. It is discovered that such fields can lead to a control of not only the magnitude but also the direction of the magnetization. On a microscopic point of view, such control originates from the field-induced transformation or switching of electrical vortices and their couplings with oxygen octahedral tilts and magnetic dipoles. This control involves striking intermediate states, and constitutes a novel phenomenon that can be termed as \"magnetotoroidic\" effect.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-09-14T14:32:10.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "75.85.+t",
      "71.15.Pd",
      "75.75.-c",
      "77.80.Dj"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "atomistic simulations",
      "magnetotoroidic effect",
      "prediction",
      "open-circuit electrical boundary conditions",
      "oxygen octahedral tilts"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 107,
      "number": 12,
      "pages": 127202
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvL.107l7202R"
    }
  }
}