Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Observation of temperature-gradient-induced magnetization

  • Dazhi Hou,
  • Zhiyong Qiu,
  • R. Iguchi,
  • K. Sato,
  • E. K. Vehstedt,
  • K. Uchida,
  • G. E. W. Bauer,
  • E. Saitoh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12265
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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In general, heating increases disorder and leads to the loss of magnetism in condensed matter. Here, the authors demonstrate that a normal metal can be magnetized by applying a temperature gradient during non-uniform heating when attached to a magnetic insulator.