American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 13(108), 2012
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.137203
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We report a large and nonvolatile bipolar-electric-field-controlled magnetization at room temperature in a Co40Fe40B20/Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.7Ti0.3O3 structure, which exhibits an electric-field-controlled looplike magnetization. Investigations on the ferroelectric domains and crystal structures with in situ electric fields reveal that the effect is related to the combined action of 109° ferroelastic domain switching and the absence of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in Co40Fe40B20. This work provides a route to realize large and nonvolatile magnetoelectric coupling at room temperature and is significant for applications.