title: Exchange-biased hybrid ferromagnetic-multiferroic core-shell nanostructures.
abstract: Artificial exchange-biased two-phase core-shell nanostructures consisting of ferromagnetic (Ni) and multiferroic (BiFeO3) materials were manufactured by a two-step method. An exchange bias effect was observed and studied, which indicates that it is possible to fabricate ferromagnetic-multiferroic nanostructures to utilize the combined ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic functionalities of bismuth ferrite.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. xfhan@aphy.iphy.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Da-Wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Javed
authors.forename: Syed Shahbaz
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Jun-Yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Pei-Sen
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiu-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Han