Beyond conventional multiferroics: crystal-symmetry-engineered magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic altermagnets
This Perspective explores how switchable ferroelectric order can reconfigure crystal symmetry in multiferroic altermagnets to turn spin splitting on and off or reverse its sign, opening new routes to electrically programmable spin functionality and low-power information technologies.
Authors
- Xunkai Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9843-869X)
- Tong Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4588-5263)
- Igor Žutić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2485-226X)
- Ziye Zhu
Institutions
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CN)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- National Science Review
- Published
- 2026-10-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag655
- Primary Topic
- Multiferroics and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00