A MAGNETOELECTRIC DEVICE AND USES OF THE MAGNETOELECTRIC DEVICE

The present invention relates to a magnetoelectric device (D), comprising:- a magnetoelectric element (Me); and- an electric voltage source (PS) configured and arranged to induce on the magnetoelectric element (Me), at least at room temperature, ON-OFF states and OFF-ON states magnetic transitions, by applying or removing determined electric voltages, wherein at said ON state the magnetoelectric element (Me) shows permanent and net magnetization. The magnetoelectric element (Me) is configured and arranged to be, at the induced OFF state, completely antiferromagnetic or partially antiferromagnetic but with a magnetization below 50 emu/cm3. The present invention further relates to different uses of the magnetoelectric device of the first aspect of the present invention, including a use for implementing a data security device, and uses for information and communications technologies, including neuromorphic computing and/or stochastic data storage and/or stochastic data processing.