New trends in the nanophysics of ferroics, relaxors and multiferroics

TL;DR

This review summarizes recent advances in nanoferroics and multiferroics, focusing on flexoeffects, reentrant phases, and giant magnetoelectric effects, highlighting both experimental and theoretical progress in the field.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent experimental and theoretical findings in nanoferroics and multiferroics, emphasizing new phenomena like flexoeffects and giant magnetoelectric effects.

Findings

Identification of spontaneous flexoeffects in nanoferroics

Discovery of reentrant phases in nanoferroics

Observation of giant magnetoelectric effects in multiferroics

Abstract

The review covers the theoretical and experimental results obtained in the recent years by the scientists with the help of comprehensive investigation of nanoferroics and multiferroics. The main attention will be paid to spontaneous flexoeffects and reentrant phase in nanoferroics as well as to a recently discovered giant magnetoelectric effect in multiferroics.