Antiferromagnetic insulators such as Chromium Oxide are optimal candidates for spintronics, spin superfluidity, magnonics, and non-volatile data storage development. Exploiting magneto-mechanical coupling in antiferromagnets would offer advantages in the control and manipulation of their order parameter. And yet this remains poorly known and explored.
Earlier this month the team led by Dr. Denys Makarov published groundbreaking results on unconventional flexomagnetic effects in inhomogeneously strained chromium oxide thin films.
The inhomogeneous strain induces an unusually…
