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1. Short introduction: Multiferroics<br />

Multiferroic :<br />

Materials showing <strong>magnetic</strong> (FM, AFM) <strong>and</strong> ferroelectric (FE) orders coexisting in<br />

some temperature range <strong>and</strong> a sizable coupling between them.<br />

Eerenstein, Nature 2006<br />

Materials are rare since two fundamental symmetries have to be broken:<br />

Time reversal symmetry (<strong>magnetic</strong> order) <strong>and</strong><br />

Spatial inversion symmetry (ferroelectric order)

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