TY - JOUR
T1 - Ferromagnetic domain nucleation and growth in colossal magnetoresistive manganite
AU - Murakami, Y.
AU - Kasai, H.
AU - Kim, J. J.
AU - Mamishin, S.
AU - Shindo, D.
AU - Mori, S.
AU - Tonomura, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the research fund of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. The authors are indebted to K. Harada for preparing the video clips.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Colossal magnetoresistance is a dramatic decrease in resistivity caused by applied magnetic fields1-4, and has been the focus of much research because of its potential for magnetic data storage using materials such as manganites. Although extensive microscopy and theoretical studies5-11 have shown that colossal magnetoresistance involves competing insulating and ferromagnetic conductive phases, the mechanism underlying the effect remains unclear. Here, by directly observing magnetic domain walls and flux distributions using cryogenic Lorentz microscopy and electron holography 12-14, we demonstrate that an applied magnetic field assists nucleation and growth of an ordered ferromagnetic phase. These results provide new insights into the evolution dynamics of complex domain structures at the nanoscale, and help to explain anomalous phase separation phenomena that are relevant for applications3,15-19. Our approach can also be used to determine magnetic parameters of nanoscale regions, such as magnetocrystalline anisotropy and exchange stiffness, without bulk magnetization results or neutron scattering data.
AB - Colossal magnetoresistance is a dramatic decrease in resistivity caused by applied magnetic fields1-4, and has been the focus of much research because of its potential for magnetic data storage using materials such as manganites. Although extensive microscopy and theoretical studies5-11 have shown that colossal magnetoresistance involves competing insulating and ferromagnetic conductive phases, the mechanism underlying the effect remains unclear. Here, by directly observing magnetic domain walls and flux distributions using cryogenic Lorentz microscopy and electron holography 12-14, we demonstrate that an applied magnetic field assists nucleation and growth of an ordered ferromagnetic phase. These results provide new insights into the evolution dynamics of complex domain structures at the nanoscale, and help to explain anomalous phase separation phenomena that are relevant for applications3,15-19. Our approach can also be used to determine magnetic parameters of nanoscale regions, such as magnetocrystalline anisotropy and exchange stiffness, without bulk magnetization results or neutron scattering data.
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U2 - 10.1038/nnano.2009.342
DO - 10.1038/nnano.2009.342
M3 - Article
C2 - 19946285
AN - SCOPUS:73849097942
SN - 1748-3387
VL - 5
SP - 37
EP - 41
JO - Nature Nanotechnology
JF - Nature Nanotechnology
IS - 1
ER -