Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3
© 2019, The Author(s). Strongly correlated quantum solids are characterized by an inherently granular electronic fabric, with spatial patterns that can span multiple length scales in proximity to a critical point. Here, we use a resonant magnetic X-ray scattering nanoprobe with sub-100 nm spatial re...
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| author | Li, Jiarui Pelliciari, Jonathan Mazzoli, Claudio Catalano, Sara Simmons, Forrest Sadowski, Jerzy T Levitan, Abraham Gibert, Marta Carlson, Erica Triscone, Jean-Marc Wilkins, Stuart Comin, Riccardo |
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| description | © 2019, The Author(s). Strongly correlated quantum solids are characterized by an inherently granular electronic fabric, with spatial patterns that can span multiple length scales in proximity to a critical point. Here, we use a resonant magnetic X-ray scattering nanoprobe with sub-100 nm spatial resolution to directly visualize the texture of antiferromagnetic domains in NdNiO3. Surprisingly, our measurements reveal a highly textured magnetic fabric, which we show to be robust and nonvolatile even after thermal erasure across its ordering temperature. The scale-free distribution of antiferromagnetic domains and its non-integral dimensionality point to a hitherto-unobserved magnetic fractal geometry in this system. These scale-invariant textures directly reflect the continuous nature of the magnetic transition and the proximity of this system to a critical point. The present study not only exposes the near-critical behavior in rare earth nickelates but also underscores the potential for X-ray scattering nanoprobes to image the multiscale signatures of criticality near a critical point. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1322142021-09-21T03:22:11Z Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3 Li, Jiarui Pelliciari, Jonathan Mazzoli, Claudio Catalano, Sara Simmons, Forrest Sadowski, Jerzy T Levitan, Abraham Gibert, Marta Carlson, Erica Triscone, Jean-Marc Wilkins, Stuart Comin, Riccardo © 2019, The Author(s). Strongly correlated quantum solids are characterized by an inherently granular electronic fabric, with spatial patterns that can span multiple length scales in proximity to a critical point. Here, we use a resonant magnetic X-ray scattering nanoprobe with sub-100 nm spatial resolution to directly visualize the texture of antiferromagnetic domains in NdNiO3. Surprisingly, our measurements reveal a highly textured magnetic fabric, which we show to be robust and nonvolatile even after thermal erasure across its ordering temperature. The scale-free distribution of antiferromagnetic domains and its non-integral dimensionality point to a hitherto-unobserved magnetic fractal geometry in this system. These scale-invariant textures directly reflect the continuous nature of the magnetic transition and the proximity of this system to a critical point. The present study not only exposes the near-critical behavior in rare earth nickelates but also underscores the potential for X-ray scattering nanoprobes to image the multiscale signatures of criticality near a critical point. 2021-09-20T18:21:21Z 2021-09-20T18:21:21Z 2020-09-22T18:34:20Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132214 en 10.1038/S41467-019-12502-0 Nature Communications Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Nature |
| spellingShingle | Li, Jiarui Pelliciari, Jonathan Mazzoli, Claudio Catalano, Sara Simmons, Forrest Sadowski, Jerzy T Levitan, Abraham Gibert, Marta Carlson, Erica Triscone, Jean-Marc Wilkins, Stuart Comin, Riccardo Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3 |
| title | Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3 |
| title_full | Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3 |
| title_fullStr | Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3 |
| title_short | Scale-invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide NdNiO3 |
| title_sort | scale invariant magnetic textures in the strongly correlated oxide ndnio3 |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132214 |
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