Communications Materials (Feb 2021)
Piezomagnetic switching and complex phase equilibria in uranium dioxide
- Daniel J. Antonio,
- Joel T. Weiss,
- Katherine S. Shanks,
- Jacob P. C. Ruff,
- Marcelo Jaime,
- Andres Saul,
- Thomas Swinburne,
- Myron Salamon,
- Keshav Shrestha,
- Barbara Lavina,
- Daniel Koury,
- Sol M. Gruner,
- David A. Andersson,
- Christopher R. Stanek,
- Tomasz Durakiewicz,
- James L. Smith,
- Zahirul Islam,
- Krzysztof Gofryk
Affiliations
- Daniel J. Antonio
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Joel T. Weiss
- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University
- Katherine S. Shanks
- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University
- Jacob P. C. Ruff
- CHESS, Cornell University
- Marcelo Jaime
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Andres Saul
- Aix-Marseille University, CINaM-CNRS UMR 7325 Campus de Luminy
- Thomas Swinburne
- Aix-Marseille University, CINaM-CNRS UMR 7325 Campus de Luminy
- Myron Salamon
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Keshav Shrestha
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Barbara Lavina
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Daniel Koury
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Sol M. Gruner
- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University
- David A. Andersson
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Christopher R. Stanek
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Tomasz Durakiewicz
- Idaho National Laboratory
- James L. Smith
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Zahirul Islam
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
- Krzysztof Gofryk
- Idaho National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00121-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
UO2 is an antiferromagnetic Mott-Hubbard insulator and exhibits piezomagnetism, though the origin of this is elusive. Here, X-ray diffraction of UO2 in pulsed magnetic fields reveals the presence of time-reversed magnetic domains and structural distortions that take place during the piezomagnetic switching.
