Autferroicity is a newly proposed form of hybrid ferroicity, which is a sister branch of multiferroicity. It is characterized by the mutually exclusive magnetic and polar phases within a single system, giving a unique seesaw-type magnetoelectric coupling. This perspective provides a theoretical overview of its underlying concept, phase diagram characteristics, and representative candidates such as Ti-based trichalcogenide monolayers, while also highlighting its potential applications in nonvolatile memory devices and true random number generation.
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@article{arxiv.2507.13733,
title = {Autferroicity: concept, candidates, and applications},
author = {Jun-Jie Zhang and Ziwen Wang and Shuai Dong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.13733},
year = {2025}
}