A review on all-perovskite multiferroic tunnel junctions

Although the basic concept was proposed only about 10 years ago, multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) with a ferroelectric barrier sandwiched between two ferromagnetic electrodes have already drawn considerable interests, driven mainly by its potential applications in multi-level memories and electric field controlled spintronics. The purpose of this article is to review the recent progress of all-perovskite MFTJs. Starting from the key functional properties of the tunneling magnetoresistance, tunneling electroresistance, and tunneling electromagnetoresistance effects, we discuss the main origins of the tunneling electroresistance effect, recent progress in achieving multilevel resistance states in a single device, and the electrical control of spin polarization and transport through the ferroelectric polarization reversal of the tunneling barrier. (C) 2017 The Chinese Ceramic Society. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.