IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v16y2025i1d10.1038_s41467-025-65688-x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Ferroelectricity-driven strain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling in two-dimensional multiferroic heterostructure

Author

Listed:
  • Chuanyang Cai

    (Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, and School of Physical and Technology)

  • Yao Wen

    (Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, and School of Physical and Technology)

  • Shiheng Liang

    (Hubei University, College of Physics)

  • Lei Yin

    (Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, and School of Physical and Technology)

  • Ruiqing Cheng

    (Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, and School of Physical and Technology)

  • Hao Wang

    (Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, and School of Physical and Technology)

  • Xiaoqiang Feng

    (Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, and School of Physical and Technology)

  • Liang Liu

    (Shandong University, School of Physics, State Key Laboratory for Crystal Materials)

  • Jun He

    (Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, and School of Physical and Technology
    Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering)

Abstract

In the post-Moore era, CMOS technology faces challenges in storage and power consumption. Two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnets, with their atomically sharp interfaces, enable heterostructure with ferroelectric materials. Through strong magnetoelectric coupling effects, they provide an ideal platform for developing highly efficient magnetoelectric interfaces. Leveraging this ideal platform, this study proposes a strain-modulation strategy based on vertically integrated two-dimensional van der Waals multiferroic heterojunctions Fe3GaTe2/P(VDF-TrFE) to address these challenges. This structure utilizes the inverse piezoelectric effect of ferroelectric polymers to induce strain. Through magnetoelectric coupling, the heterojunction achieves non-volatile reconfiguration of the magnetic anisotropy constant of Fe3GaTe2 at room temperature. This enables fully reversible electrical control of the anomalous Hall resistance and inverter functionality. Device integration validated reconfigurable logic gates and half-adder circuits, demonstrating ultra-low energy consumption (0.5 aJ), nanosecond-scale write speeds (5 ns), and high operational stability.

Suggested Citation

  • Chuanyang Cai & Yao Wen & Shiheng Liang & Lei Yin & Ruiqing Cheng & Hao Wang & Xiaoqiang Feng & Liang Liu & Jun He, 2025. "Ferroelectricity-driven strain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling in two-dimensional multiferroic heterostructure," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-65688-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65688-x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65688-x
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-025-65688-x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-65688-x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.