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Main Authors: Mudiyanselage, Nivarthana W. Y. A. Y., DeTellem, Derick, Chanda, Amit, Duong, Anh Tuan, Hsieh, Tzung-En, Frisch, Johannes, Bär, Marcus, Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel, Mozaffari, Shirin, Arachchige, Hasitha Suriya, Mandrus, David, Srikanth, Hariharan, Witanachchi, Sarath, Phan, Manh-Huong
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.19519
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author Mudiyanselage, Nivarthana W. Y. A. Y.
DeTellem, Derick
Chanda, Amit
Duong, Anh Tuan
Hsieh, Tzung-En
Frisch, Johannes
Bär, Marcus
Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel
Mozaffari, Shirin
Arachchige, Hasitha Suriya
Mandrus, David
Srikanth, Hariharan
Witanachchi, Sarath
Phan, Manh-Huong
author_facet Mudiyanselage, Nivarthana W. Y. A. Y.
DeTellem, Derick
Chanda, Amit
Duong, Anh Tuan
Hsieh, Tzung-En
Frisch, Johannes
Bär, Marcus
Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel
Mozaffari, Shirin
Arachchige, Hasitha Suriya
Mandrus, David
Srikanth, Hariharan
Witanachchi, Sarath
Phan, Manh-Huong
contents The study of magnetoresistance (MR) phenomena has been pivotal in advancing magnetic sensors and spintronic devices. Helimagnets present an intriguing avenue for spintronics research. Theoretical predictions suggest that MR magnitude in the helimagnetic (HM) regime surpasses that in the ferromagnetic (FM) regime by over an order of magnitude. However, in metallic helimagnets like manganese phosphide, MR in the HM phase remains modest (10%), limiting its application in MR devices. Here, a groundbreaking approach is presented to achieve a giant low field MR effect in nanostructured manganese phosphide films by leveraging confinement and strain effects along with spin helicity. Unlike the modest MR observed in bulk manganese phosphide single crystals and large grain polycrystalline films, which exhibit a small negative MR in the FM region (2%) increasing to 8% in the HM region across 10-300 K, a grain size-dependent giant positive MR (90%) is discovered near FM to HM transition temperature (110 K), followed by a rapid decline to a negative MR below 55 K in manganese phosphide nanocrystalline films. These findings illuminate a novel strain-mediated spin helicity phenomenon in nanostructured helimagnets, presenting a promising pathway for the development of high-performance MR sensors and spintronic devices through the strategic utilization of confinement and strain effects.
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spellingShingle The Discovery of Giant Positive Magnetoresistance in Proximity to Helimagnetic Order in Manganese Phosphide Nanostructured Films
Mudiyanselage, Nivarthana W. Y. A. Y.
DeTellem, Derick
Chanda, Amit
Duong, Anh Tuan
Hsieh, Tzung-En
Frisch, Johannes
Bär, Marcus
Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel
Mozaffari, Shirin
Arachchige, Hasitha Suriya
Mandrus, David
Srikanth, Hariharan
Witanachchi, Sarath
Phan, Manh-Huong
Applied Physics
Materials Science
The study of magnetoresistance (MR) phenomena has been pivotal in advancing magnetic sensors and spintronic devices. Helimagnets present an intriguing avenue for spintronics research. Theoretical predictions suggest that MR magnitude in the helimagnetic (HM) regime surpasses that in the ferromagnetic (FM) regime by over an order of magnitude. However, in metallic helimagnets like manganese phosphide, MR in the HM phase remains modest (10%), limiting its application in MR devices. Here, a groundbreaking approach is presented to achieve a giant low field MR effect in nanostructured manganese phosphide films by leveraging confinement and strain effects along with spin helicity. Unlike the modest MR observed in bulk manganese phosphide single crystals and large grain polycrystalline films, which exhibit a small negative MR in the FM region (2%) increasing to 8% in the HM region across 10-300 K, a grain size-dependent giant positive MR (90%) is discovered near FM to HM transition temperature (110 K), followed by a rapid decline to a negative MR below 55 K in manganese phosphide nanocrystalline films. These findings illuminate a novel strain-mediated spin helicity phenomenon in nanostructured helimagnets, presenting a promising pathway for the development of high-performance MR sensors and spintronic devices through the strategic utilization of confinement and strain effects.
title The Discovery of Giant Positive Magnetoresistance in Proximity to Helimagnetic Order in Manganese Phosphide Nanostructured Films
topic Applied Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.19519