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Science 9 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5779, pp. 1481 - 1482
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125227
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MATERIALS SCIENCE:
Multiferroics as Quantum Electromagnets

Yoshinori Tokura

Conventional electromagnets are made from coils of wire, but the search is on for materials that become magnets simply by applying an electrical current. Compounds with unusual spin arrangements offer many possibilities.

The author is in the Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and in the Spin Superstructure Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan. E-mail: tokura{at}ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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