Spatially reconfigurable topological textures in freestanding antiferromagnetic nanomembranes

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Autores principales: Jani, Hariom, Harrison, Jack, Hooda, Sonu, Prakash, Saurav, Nandi, Proloy, Hu, Junxiong, Zeng, Zhiyang, Lin, Jheng-Cyuan, Omar, Ganesh ji, Raabe, Jörg, Finizio, Simone, Thean, Aaron Voon-Yew, Ariando, A, Radaelli, Paolo G
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author Jani, Hariom
Harrison, Jack
Hooda, Sonu
Prakash, Saurav
Nandi, Proloy
Hu, Junxiong
Zeng, Zhiyang
Lin, Jheng-Cyuan
Omar, Ganesh ji
Raabe, Jörg
Finizio, Simone
Thean, Aaron Voon-Yew
Ariando, A
Radaelli, Paolo G
author_facet Jani, Hariom
Harrison, Jack
Hooda, Sonu
Prakash, Saurav
Nandi, Proloy
Hu, Junxiong
Zeng, Zhiyang
Lin, Jheng-Cyuan
Omar, Ganesh ji
Raabe, Jörg
Finizio, Simone
Thean, Aaron Voon-Yew
Ariando, A
Radaelli, Paolo G
contents Antiferromagnets hosting real-space topological spin textures are promising platforms to model fundamental ultrafast phenomena and explore spintronics. However, to date, they have only been fabricated epitaxially on specific symmetry-matched crystalline substrates, to preserve their intrinsic magneto-crystalline order. This curtails their integration with dissimilar supports, markedly restricting the scope of fundamental and applied investigations. Here, we circumvent this limitation by designing detachable crystalline antiferromagnetic nanomembranes of $α$-Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$, that can be transferred onto other desirable supports after growth. We develop transmission-based antiferromagnetic vector-mapping to show that these nanomembranes harbour rich topological phenomenology at room temperature. Moreover, we exploit their extreme flexibility to demonstrate three-dimensional reconfiguration of antiferromagnetic properties, driven locally via flexure-induced strains. This allows us to spatially design antiferromagnetic states outside their typical thermal stability window. Integration of such freestanding antiferromagnetic layers with flat or curved nanostructures could enable spin texture designs tailored by magnetoelastic-/geometric-effects in the quasi-static and dynamical regimes, opening new explorations into curvilinear antiferromagnetism and unconventional computing.
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spellingShingle Spatially reconfigurable topological textures in freestanding antiferromagnetic nanomembranes
Jani, Hariom
Harrison, Jack
Hooda, Sonu
Prakash, Saurav
Nandi, Proloy
Hu, Junxiong
Zeng, Zhiyang
Lin, Jheng-Cyuan
Omar, Ganesh ji
Raabe, Jörg
Finizio, Simone
Thean, Aaron Voon-Yew
Ariando, A
Radaelli, Paolo G
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Antiferromagnets hosting real-space topological spin textures are promising platforms to model fundamental ultrafast phenomena and explore spintronics. However, to date, they have only been fabricated epitaxially on specific symmetry-matched crystalline substrates, to preserve their intrinsic magneto-crystalline order. This curtails their integration with dissimilar supports, markedly restricting the scope of fundamental and applied investigations. Here, we circumvent this limitation by designing detachable crystalline antiferromagnetic nanomembranes of $α$-Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$, that can be transferred onto other desirable supports after growth. We develop transmission-based antiferromagnetic vector-mapping to show that these nanomembranes harbour rich topological phenomenology at room temperature. Moreover, we exploit their extreme flexibility to demonstrate three-dimensional reconfiguration of antiferromagnetic properties, driven locally via flexure-induced strains. This allows us to spatially design antiferromagnetic states outside their typical thermal stability window. Integration of such freestanding antiferromagnetic layers with flat or curved nanostructures could enable spin texture designs tailored by magnetoelastic-/geometric-effects in the quasi-static and dynamical regimes, opening new explorations into curvilinear antiferromagnetism and unconventional computing.
title Spatially reconfigurable topological textures in freestanding antiferromagnetic nanomembranes
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.03217