Multiferroics, materials with a coexistence of magnetic and ferroelectric order, provide an efficient route for the control of magnetism by electric fields. The authors cover multiferroic thin-film heterostructures, device architectures and domain/interface effects. They critically discuss achievements as well as limitations and assess opportunities for future applications.

• Preface
• Contents
• List of Contributing Authors
• 1 A short history of multiferroics
• 2 Spin dynamics, antiferrodistortion and magnetoelectric interaction in multiferroics. The case of BiFeO₃
• 3 Hexagonal manganites: Strong coupling of ferroelectricity and magnetic orders
• 4 Spiral spin structures and skyrmions in multiferroics
• 5 Non-collinear magnetism & multiferroicity: the perovskite case
• 6 Ferroelectric polarization in multiferroics
• 7 Probing local order in multiferroics by transmission electron microscopy
• 8 Controlling of light with electromagnons
• 9 Dynamical magnetoelectric phenomena of skyrmions in multiferroics
• 10 Magneto-electric multiferroics: designing new materials from first-principles calculations
• 11 Domains and domain walls in multiferroics
• 12 Multiferroic heterostructures for spintronics
• Index