In its most general form, the magnetoelectric effect (ME) denotes any coupling between the magnetic and the electric properties of a material.[1][2] The first example of such an effect was described by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1888, who found that a dielectric material moving through an electric field would become magnetized.[3] A material where such a coupling is intrinsically present is called a magnetoelectric.
Some promising applications of the ME effect are sensitive detection of magnetic fields, advanced logic devices and tunable microwave filters.[4]
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