Effect of Domain Structure on the Magnetoresistance of Epitaxial Thin Films of Ferromagnetic Metallic Oxide SrRuO3

1997 ◽  
Vol 494 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Rao ◽  
D. B. Kacedon ◽  
C. B. Eom

ABSTRACTWe have grown epitaxial ferromagnetic metallic oxide SrRuO3 thin films with different domain structures on (001) LaAlO3 and miscut (001) SrTiO3 substrates. The effect of crystallographic domain structures on the magnetization and magnetoresistive behavior of epitaxial SrRuO3 thin films has been studied. Magnetization measurements on the single domain film on 2° miscut (001) SrTiO3 substrate showed that the in-plane [110] direction, which is aligned along the miscut direction, is the easier axis for magnetization compared to the [001] direction. This film also showed a strong anisotropie magnetoresistance (AMR) effect of ∼ 8% in magnitude. In contrast, the SrRuO3 thin film on (001) LaAlO3 substrate shows identical magnetization and magnetoresistance behavior in two orthogonal directions on the film due to the presence of 90 domains in the plane. For both the films, large negative magnetoresistance effects (-10%) were observed when the current and the applied magnetic field are parallel. The magnetoresistance behavior is explained in terms of suppression of spin fluctuations near Tc and the AMR effect.

2002 ◽  
Vol 738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Pérez ◽  
Oscar de Abril ◽  
Claudio Aroca ◽  
Pedro Sánchez ◽  
Eloísa López ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThin films and arrays of lines of magnetic CoNiFe alloy have been produced by electrodeposition. A magnetic field was applied during the electrodeposition process in order to induce a magnetic anisotropy in the sample. The dependence of the magnetic properties and the magnetic domain structures on the thickness of the films is reported. In addition to this, the magnetic properties and the domain structure of a thin film and an array of lines, with the same thickness and deposited in the same conditions, have been compared. An increase in the coercivity of the array of lines has been shown.


1997 ◽  
Vol 474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Gan ◽  
R. A. Rao ◽  
C.B Eom

ABSTRACTWe have grown epitaxial thin films of isotropie metallic oxide SrRuC>3 on both exact and vicinal (001) SrTiO3 substrates with miscut angle (α) up to 5.0° and miscut direction (β) up to 37° away from the in-plane [010] axis. The effects of both α and β on the epitaxial growth and domain structure of epitaxial SrRuC>3 thin films were studied by x-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy (AFM). On vicinal SrTiO3 substrates with a large miscut angle (α = 1.7°, 2.0°, 4.1°, and 5.0°) and miscut direction close to the [010] axis, single crystal epitaxial (110)° SrRuO3 thin films were obtained. [The superscript o refers to the Miller indices based on the orthorhombic unit cell.] Decreasing the substrate miscut angle or aligning the miscut direction close to the [110] axis (β = 45°) resulted in an increase of 90° domains in the plane. The films grown on vicinal substrates displayed a significant improvement in crystalline quality and in-plane epitaxial alignment as compared to the films grown on exact (001) SrTiO3 substrates. AFM revealed that as the miscut angle increased the growth mechanism changed from two dimensional nucleation to step flow growth.


1997 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 1724-1726 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. Kacedon ◽  
R. A. Rao ◽  
C. B. Eom

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Geprägs ◽  
Björn Erik Skovdal ◽  
Monika Scheufele ◽  
Matthias Opel ◽  
Didier Wermeille ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
T. R. YANG ◽  
G. ILONCA ◽  
V. TOMA ◽  
P. BALINT ◽  
M. BODEA

The scaling behavior of the effective activation energy of high-quality epitaxial c-oriented Bi 2 Sr 2 Ca ( Cu 1-x Co x)2 O d thin films with 0≤x ≤0.025 has been studied as a function of temperature and magnetic field. For all samples, the effective activation energy scales as U(T, μoH)=Uo(1-T/T c )mHn with exponent m=1.25±0.03, n=-1/2 and the field scaling 1/μoH and -UμoH for thick films and ultra thin films, respectively. The results are discussed taking into account of the influence of the Co substitution with a model in which U(T, H) arises from plastic deformations of the viscous flux liquid above the vortex-glass transition temperature.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjie Ge ◽  
Riccardo Ruixi Chen ◽  
Xiao Ren ◽  
Xia Li ◽  
Jiawei Liu ◽  
...  

<p>Rational design of active oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is critical for the overall efficiency of water electrolysis. OER reactants and products’ differing spin states is one of causes to slow OER kinetics. Thus, spin conservation plays a crucial role in enhancing OER performance. In this work, we design ferromagnetic (FM)–antiferromagnetic (AFM) Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> core–shell catalysts. The interfacial FM–AFM coupling of these catalysts facilitates selective removal of electrons with spin direction opposing the magnetic moment of FM core, improving OER kinetics. The shell thickness is found critical in retaining the coupling effect for OER enhancement. The magnetic domain structure of the FM core also plays a critical role. With a multiple domain core, the applied magnetic field aligns the magnetic domains, optimising the electron transport process. A significant enhancement of OER activity is observed for the multiple domain core catalysts. With a single domain FM core with ordered magnetic dipoles, the spin-selective electron transport with minimal scattering is facilitated even without an applied magnetic field. We therefore draw a magnetism/OER activity model that depends on two main parameters: interfacial spin coupling and domain structure. Our findings provide new design principles for active OER catalysts.</p>


2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 1633-1650
Author(s):  
K. SUGAWARA ◽  
N. ARAI ◽  
A. KOUZUKI ◽  
S. ICHIMURA ◽  
H. NAOI ◽  
...  

The non-resonant microwave absorption (NRMA) measurements have been intensively performed for superconducting thin films of YBa 2 Cu 3 O y fabricated on MgO (100) substrates and powder samples of LaSrCuO systems. In order to complement the study, we also review the NRMA of BiSrCaCuO system. A particular attention has been paid to the following phenomena: (i) phases, (ii) effect of current, (iii) directional effect of applied magnetic field, (iv) hysteresis, (v) microwave power absorbed as a function of magnetic field, (vi) linewidth in the vicinity of T c , and (vii) modulation amplitude effect. A preliminary study on ( La 0.98 Dy 0.02)1.85 Sr 0.15 CuO 4 was also reported.


2020 ◽  
Vol 495 ◽  
pp. 165872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin-Lin Yang ◽  
Chunhuan Chen ◽  
Jie Yuan ◽  
Li-Yin Gao ◽  
Zhengang Shang ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
K. Serizawa ◽  
M. Ohtake ◽  
T. Kawai ◽  
M. Futamoto ◽  
F. Kirino ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 606 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Chen ◽  
S. Wang ◽  
Y.L. Yang ◽  
L. Smith ◽  
N.J. Wu ◽  
...  

AbstractLa0.5Sr0.5CoO3−δ (LSCO) can be used as a cathode material for low temperature solid oxide fuel cell applications. LSCO epitaxial thin films have been deposited on LaAlO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The transient behavior of the thin film conductivity with the pressure changes was recorded as a function of temperature and partial oxygen pressure. The surface exchange coefficient k of the LSCO thin film was obtained from analysis of the electrical conductivity relaxation data. The measured surface exchange coefficient increases with temperature and with final pressure but is not sensitive to the initial pressure. After prolonged annealing at 900°C, the k value was found to have greatly increased. The mechanism of the dependence of the measured k on pressure is discussed.


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