Electrically Driven Magnetic Domain Wall Rotation in Multiferroic Heterostructures to Manipulate Suspended On-Chip Magnetic Particles
- 7 May 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Nano
- Vol. 9 (5), 4814-4826
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nn5056332
Abstract
In this work, we experimentally demonstrate deterministic electrically driven, strain-mediated domain wall (DW) rotation in ferromagnetic Ni rings fabricated on piezoelectric [Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3]0.66–[PbTiO3]0.34 (PMN–PT) substrates. While simultaneously imaging the Ni rings with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoemission electron microscopy, an electric field is applied across the PMN–PT substrate that induces strain in the ring structures, driving DW rotation around the ring toward the dominant PMN–PT strain axis by the inverse magnetostriction effect. The DW rotation we observe is analytically predicted using a fully coupled micromagnetic/elastodynamic multiphysics simulation, which verifies that the experimental behavior is caused by the electrically generated strain in this multiferroic system. Finally, this DW rotation is used to capture and manipulate micrometer-scale magnetic beads in a fluidic environment to demonstrate a proof-of-concept energy-efficient pathway for multiferroic-based lab-on-a-chip applications.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Science Foundation
- Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC-1160504)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- European Commission (NMP3-LA-2010-246102)
- Basic Energy Sciences
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