摘要
A new orthorhombic phase of the multiferroic BiFeO 3 has been created via strain engineering by growing it on a NdScO 3 (110) o substrate. The tensile-strained orthorhombic BiFeO 3 phase is ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic at room temperature. A combination of nonlinear optical second harmonic generation and piezoresponse force microscopy revealed that the ferroelectric polarization in the orthorhombic phase is along the in-plane 110© pc directions. In addition, the corresponding rotation of the antiferromagnetic axis in this new phase was observed using x-ray linear dichroism. © 2012 American Physical Society.