Emergent multiferroicity in two-dimensional electron gas of complex oxides for FET-based artificial synaptic

Mohammad Karbalaei Akbari1,2, Yanbin Cui3, Christophe Detavernier1

  • 1Department of Solid-State Sciences, Faculty of Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, Ghent, Belgium. Mohammad.akbari@ugent.be.

Materials Horizons
|July 2, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Researchers created novel oxide nanoarchitectures with coexisting ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism. This breakthrough enables high-mobility quantum transport and memristive switching for advanced electronics and neuromorphic computing.

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