Binod Paudel, Yogesh Sharma, Benjamin K. Derby, et al. Effect of lattice strain on magnetism in epitaxial YCrO3 films[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2022, 10(1): 29-35.
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Binod Paudel, Yogesh Sharma, Benjamin K. Derby, et al. Effect of lattice strain on magnetism in epitaxial YCrO3 films[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2022, 10(1): 29-35.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2021.2010822.
Effect of lattice strain on magnetism in epitaxial YCrO3 films
The influence of lattice strain on magnetism is studied for perovskite rare-earth chromite
YCrO
3
(YCO) thin films. A combined theoretical and experimental approach is used to demonstrate the correlation between lattice-strain and magnetic properties of YCO films. The first-principles calculations reveal that the local Cr magnetic moments and the out-of-plane magnetization linearly increase with changing the in-plane lattice strain from compressive to tensile. The experimental results agree with the theory findings showing a strong dependence of magnetization on epitaxial strain in YCO films. These results unveil the lattice-strain-controlled functionalities on perovskite rare-earth chromites and related material systems.