Review Article

Current Status of Magnetoelectric Composite Thin/Thick Films

Table 1

Historical development of ME effect.

YearResearcherResearch activity done

1888RontgenMoving dielectrics becomes magnetized in an electric field
1894CurieIntrinsic ME behaviour of crystal on the basis of symmetry consideration
1905WilsonPolarization of a moving dielectric in a magnetic field
1922PerrierExperimental demonstration on static ME effect
1926DebyeCoined term “Magnetoelectric”
1959DzyaloshinskiiFirst to show violation of time-reversal symmetry in Cr2O3
1960LandauRealized that the ME response is only allowed in time-symmetric media.
1961AstrovExperimental confirmation of electric field induced magnetization in Cr2O3
1961Rado & FolenExpt. confirmation of magnetic field induced polarization in Cr2O3
1972SuchtelenIntroduced idea of product property
1978BoomgaardConceptual points for preparation of ME composites
1973Freeman1st conference on ME materials
1994M. I. BichurinComposite magnetoelectrics: their microwave properties
1997M. I. BichurinMagnetoelectric microwave phase shifters
2001J. Ryu1st 2-2-structured metal-ceramics laminate ME composite
2001C. W. NanTheoretical calculations of the magnetoelectric properties based on the Green’s function technique
2002M. I. BichurinMagnetoelectric sensor of magnetic field
2003M. I. Bichurin1st report on the enhanced ME effects at resonance
2003S. Dong1st theoretical analysis of ME coefficient with an equivalent-circuit approach
2003C. W. NanNumerical modeling of magnetoelectric effect in a composite structure
2004C. W. Nan1st report on the calculation of giant ME by using the finite element method
2004S. Dong1st report on high magnetoelectric voltage gain effect
2004S. Dong1st reported voltage gain effect in a ring-type magnetoelectric laminate
2005M. Fiebig1st reviewed ME effect
2005N. A. SpaldinThe renaissance of magnetoelectric multiferroics
2005S. Dong1st report on high magnetic field sensitivity
2006S. DongMagnetoelectric gyration effect
2006G. SrinivasanFerrite-piezoelectric ME composite microwave resonator
2006G. SrinivasanFerrite-piezoelectric ME composite tunable devices
2006J. F. Scott1st review on multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials
2007S. PriyaReview on the development of magnetoelectric particulate and laminate composites
2007R. RameshMultiferroics: progress and prospects in ME thin films
2008C. W. Nan1st historical and future direction-based review on ME composites and its applications
2008R. GrossingerThe physics of magnetoelectric composites
2008D. ViehlandMagnetoelectric laminate composites: an overview
2009M. FiebigCurrent trends of ME effect
2009L. Yan1st review article on ME effect of nanocomposite thin films
2009J. P. RiveraA short review of the magnetoelectric effect and related experimental techniques on single-phase (multi-) ferroics
2009V. BedekarMagnetoelectric gradiometer
2010C. W. NanReview article on multiferroic magnetoelectric composite nanostructures
2010R. RameshProgress report on bulk ME composites
2010C. W. NanRecent Progress in Multiferroic Magnetoelectric composites: from bulk to thin films
2010M. I. BichurinPresent status of theoretical modeling the magnetoelectric effect in magnetostrictive-piezoelectric nanostructures
2011F. FangEmbedded piezoelectric/magnetic composites