Designing multiferroic double perovskites Bi2BB'O6 for next-generation magnetoelectric memories

Start date: 1 November 2025
End date: 31 October 2027
Funder: EU Horizon 2020
Value: £260, 000
Primary investigator: Amr Abdel Samie
Co-investigators: Dr Thomas Moore

This proposal, DesMEMO, will develop a novel class of materials for next-generation magnetoelectric memories. These devices will fulfill the need for dimensionally-scalable and energy-efficient logics, addressing the limitations of the current technology. The project will revive the bismuth-based double perovskites (Bi2BB'/O6) which uniquely combine room-temperature ferroelectricity and net magnetization, leveraging epitaxial growth techniques. This research will solve the unpredictable switching issues in the current magnetoelectric material BiFeO3, caused by its complex magnetism.