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most citedMagnetic tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers: Prediction of four resistance states from first-principles

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 15 cited

Electric control of spin injection into a ferroelectric semiconductor

Xiaohui Liu, J. D. Burton, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

Electric-field control of spin-dependent properties has become one of the most attractive phenomena in modern materials research due the promise of new device functionalities. One…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 24 cited

Interface states in CoFe2O4 spin-filter tunnel junctions

Pavel V. Lukashev, J. D. Burton, Alexander Smogunov +2

Spin-filter tunneling is a promising way to generate highly spin-polarized current, a key component for spintronics applications. In this work we explore the tunneling conductance…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 65 cited

Polarization Controlled Ohmic to Schottky Transition at a Metal/Doped Ferroelectric Interface

Xiaohui Liu, Yong Wang, J. D. Burton +1

Ferroelectric polar displacements have recently been observed in conducting electron-doped BaTiO3. The co-existence of a ferroelectric phase and conductivity opens the door to new…

cond-mat.str-el2012★ 56 cited

Tunable ferroelectricity in artificial tri-layer superlattices comprised of non-ferroic components

K. Rogdakis, J. W. Seo, Z. Viskadourakis +7

Heterostructured material systems devoid of ferroic components are presumed not to display ordering associated with ferroelectricity. In heterostructures composed of transition met…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012★ 154 cited

Ferroelectric Instability under Screened Coulomb Interactions

Yong Wang, Xiaohui Liu, J. D. Burton +2

We explore the effect of charge carrier doping on ferroelectricity using density functional calculations and phenomenological modeling. By considering a prototypical ferroelectric…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011★ 29 cited

Highly spin-polarized conducting state at the interface between non-magnetic band insulators: LaAlO3/FeS2 (001)

J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal

First-principles density functional calculations demonstrate that a spin-polarized two-dimensional conducting state can be realized at the interface between two non-magnetic band i…