Using first principles calculations, we present a magnetostructural effect in the BiFeO3-BiMnO3 nanocheckerboard that is not found in either bulk parent compound or in BiFeO3-BiMnO3 superlattices. We also demonstrate that the atomic-scale checkerboard has a multiferroic ground state with the desired properties of each constitutent material: polar and ferrimagnetic due to BiFeO3 and BiMnO3 respectively.
@article{arxiv.0906.3201,
title = {Magnetostructural Effect in the Multiferroic BiFeO3-BiMnO3 Checkerboard from First Principles},
author = {L. Palova and P. Chandra and K. M. Rabe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.3201},
year = {2015}
}