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Thermoelectric effect of multiferroic oxide interfaces

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

We investigate the thermoelectric properties of electrons at the interface of oxide heterostructure and in the presence of a multiferroic oxide with spiral spin order. We find there is no (spin) Hall current generated by the temperature gradient. A Seebeck effect is however present. Due to the magnetoelectric coupling, the charge and thermal conductivities are electrically controllable via the spin spiral helicity. Moreover, the thermopower exhibits a sign change when tuning electro-statically the carrier density.

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@article{arxiv.1012.4865,
  title  = {Thermoelectric effect of multiferroic oxide interfaces},
  author = {Chenglong Jia and Jamal Berakdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4865},
  year   = {2015}
}
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