Nature Communications (May 2018)

Symmetry mismatch-driven perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for perovskite/brownmillerite heterostructures

  • Jing Zhang,
  • Zhicheng Zhong,
  • Xiangxiang Guan,
  • Xi Shen,
  • Jine Zhang,
  • Furong Han,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Hongrui Zhang,
  • Xi Yan,
  • Qinghua Zhang,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Fengxia Hu,
  • Richeng Yu,
  • Baogen Shen,
  • Jirong Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04304-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Complex oxide heterostructures exhibit multifunctional behaviour that could be used in a range of device applications. Here, the authors observe that reconstruction at oxide perovskite/brownmillerite interfaces leads to perpendicular magnetic spin orientation, with potential use in spintronic devices.