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Title: Field and Current Control of the Electrical Conductivity of an Artificial 2D Honeycomb Lattice

Abstract

Abstract The conductivity of a neodymium‐based artificial honeycomb lattice undergoes dramatic changes upon application of magnetic fields and currents. These changes are attributed to a redistribution of magnetic charges that are formed at the vertices of the honeycomb due to the nonvanishing net flux of magnetization from adjacent magnetic elements. It is suggested that the application of a large magnetic field or a current causes a transition from a disordered state, in which magnetic charges are distributed at random, to an ordered state, in which they are regularly arranged on the sites of two interpenetrating triangular Wigner crystals. The field and current tuning of electrical properties are highly desirable functionalities for spintronics applications. Consequently, a new spintronics research platform can be envisaged using artificial magnetic honeycomb lattices.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1594075
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1496914
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0014461; DE‐SC0014461
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; artificial magnetic honeycomb lattice; colossal electrical conductance; magnetic charge; spintronics; wigner Crystal

Citation Formats

Chen, Yiyao, Summers, Brock, Dahal, Ashutosh, Lauter, Valeria, Vignale, Giovanni, and Singh, Deepak K. Field and Current Control of the Electrical Conductivity of an Artificial 2D Honeycomb Lattice. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201808298.
Chen, Yiyao, Summers, Brock, Dahal, Ashutosh, Lauter, Valeria, Vignale, Giovanni, & Singh, Deepak K. Field and Current Control of the Electrical Conductivity of an Artificial 2D Honeycomb Lattice. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201808298
Chen, Yiyao, Summers, Brock, Dahal, Ashutosh, Lauter, Valeria, Vignale, Giovanni, and Singh, Deepak K. Wed . "Field and Current Control of the Electrical Conductivity of an Artificial 2D Honeycomb Lattice". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201808298. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1594075.
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title = {Field and Current Control of the Electrical Conductivity of an Artificial 2D Honeycomb Lattice},
author = {Chen, Yiyao and Summers, Brock and Dahal, Ashutosh and Lauter, Valeria and Vignale, Giovanni and Singh, Deepak K.},
abstractNote = {Abstract The conductivity of a neodymium‐based artificial honeycomb lattice undergoes dramatic changes upon application of magnetic fields and currents. These changes are attributed to a redistribution of magnetic charges that are formed at the vertices of the honeycomb due to the nonvanishing net flux of magnetization from adjacent magnetic elements. It is suggested that the application of a large magnetic field or a current causes a transition from a disordered state, in which magnetic charges are distributed at random, to an ordered state, in which they are regularly arranged on the sites of two interpenetrating triangular Wigner crystals. The field and current tuning of electrical properties are highly desirable functionalities for spintronics applications. Consequently, a new spintronics research platform can be envisaged using artificial magnetic honeycomb lattices.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201808298},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 16,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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