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  • adjective physics Having multiple ferroic properties (e.g. both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic)
  • noun physics Any material having such properties

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  • Researchers envision high-tech applications for 'multiferroic' crystals FSU physicists take part in discovery of new subatomic particle With NIH grant, FSU becomes one of world's top imaging centers

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • Researchers envision high-tech applications for 'multiferroic' crystals

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • Researchers envision high-tech applications for 'multiferroic' crystals

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • Researchers envision high-tech applications for 'multiferroic' crystals

    innovations-report 2010

  • WASHINGTON - A new research involving 'multiferroic' crystals could lay the groundwork for future researchers seeking to develop a new generation of computer chips and other information-storage devices that can hold vast amounts of data and be strongly encrypted for security purposes.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010

  • Researchers envision high-tech applications for 'multiferroic' crystals

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • WASHINGTON - A new research involving 'multiferroic' crystals could lay the groundwork for future researchers seeking to develop a new generation of computer chips and other information-storage devices that can hold vast amounts of data and be strongly encrypted for security purposes.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010

  • In what are known as 'multiferroic' materials, the electrical, magnetic and elastic properties of the material are coupled.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • "The four new multiferroic crystals that we have identified all substitute other, less toxic metals for lead, which is a potent neurotoxin," he said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "We identified these four crystals as 'multiferroic,' meaning that they are simultaneously ferromagnetic and ferroelectric in nature when cooled to a specific temperature," said Dalal,

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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