Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of Contributing Authors XIII
5. 1 A short history of multiferroics 1
6. 2 Spin dynamics, antiferrodistortion and magnetoelectric interaction in multiferroics. The case of BiFeO₃ 13
7. 3 Hexagonal manganites: Strong coupling of ferroelectricity and magnetic orders 37
8. 4 Spiral spin structures and skyrmions in multiferroics 89
9. 5 Non-collinear magnetism & multiferroicity: the perovskite case 127
10. 6 Ferroelectric polarization in multiferroics 159
11. 7 Probing local order in multiferroics by transmission electron microscopy 193
12. 8 Controlling of light with electromagnons 249
13. 9 Dynamical magnetoelectric phenomena of skyrmions in multiferroics 271
14. 10 Magneto-electric multiferroics: designing new materials from first-principles calculations 293
15. 11 Domains and domain walls in multiferroics 335
16. 12 Multiferroic heterostructures for spintronics 371
17. Index 413