Jahn-Teller crystals _ new class of smart materials

[摘要] Jahn-Teller crystals represent a promising class in the search for new smart materials. Jahn- Teller multiferroics are of a special interest. We show that the properties of these crystals are not only "of interest for future applications", but are already used and protected by various patents. Special attention is paid to some new results on magnetic shape memory effects in dielectrics because the physics of the corresponding materials is not yet completely clarified.

[发布机构] Simmons College, Department of Chemistry and Physics, 300 The Fenway, Boston; MA; 02115, United States^1;Boston University, Department of Physics, 590 Commonwealth Ave., Boston; MA; 02215, United States^2

[关键词] Future applications;Jahn-Teller;Jahn-Teller crystals;Magnetic shape-memory effect;Multiferroics;New results