Strain‐Induced Interlayer Parallel‐to‐Antiparallel Magnetic Transitions of Twisted Bilayers
Abstract
The discovery of superconductivity in twisted graphene bilayers with a magic twisting angle ≈1.1° has opened up a wide range of potential twistronic device possibilities. In this work, the twisting effects in spintronic devices are explored. In particular, a material prototype integrating spintronics, straintronics, and twistronics is developed by stacking a twisted CoFe2O4 (CFO) bilayer membrane on a Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3‐PbTiO3 (PMN‐PT) membrane. Phase‐field simulations are performed to study the magnetic domain configurations and switching in CFO bilayers under piezostrains. An emerging interlayer parallel‐to‐antiparallel magnetic transition of the twisted CFO bilayer induced by appropriate piezostrain pulses generated from the PMN‐PT membrane is discovered. Such a strain‐induced parallel‐to‐antiparallel magnetic transition is non‐volatile and reversible, arising from the synergistic interaction among spin, strain, and twisting order parameters. The present work provides a paradigm for designing novel spinotropic devices by taking advantage of the emerging phenomena generated by twisting.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1002/adts.202000215
Entities
People
- Bo Wang
- Chang‐beom Eom
- Jian-Jun Wang
- Long‐qing Chen
- M. S. Rzchowski
- Tian‐nan Yang
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- National Science Foundation
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Wisconsin–Madison