Evidence for preferential rearrangements of martensite variants by magnetic field in antiferromagnetic CoO crystal

Z. H. Nie, Y. Ren, T. Terai, Y. D. Wang, D. E. Brown, T. Kakeshita

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Abstract

The synchrotron high-energy x-ray diffraction provides the direct crystallographic evidence for the magnetic-field-driven preferential rearrangements of martensite multivariants in antiferromagnetic CoO crystal. When a magnetic field was incrementally applied up to 6 T on the CoO single crystal cooled below the Ńel temperature, the martensite variants with the magnetization easy-axis parallel to the magnetic field direction (H) were consumed, while the variants with magnetic moments perpendicular to H were enhanced. The microscopic origin for the observation is discussed, which provides important information for understanding the magnetic-field-driven strain observed in the antiferromagnetic alloys, with a selection principle on martensite variants different from that found in the ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.
Original languageEnglish
Article number051914
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume95
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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