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The independent control of two magnetic electrodes and spin-coherent transport in magnetic tunnel junctions are strictly required for tunneling magnetoresistance, while junctions with only one ferromagnetic electrode exhibit tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance dependent on the anisotropic density of states with no room temperature performance so far. Here, we report an alternative approach to obtaining tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance in alpha'-FeRh-based junctions driven by the magnetic phase transition of alpha'-FeRh and resultantly large variation of the density of states in the vicinity of MgO tunneling barrier, referred to as phase transition tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance. The junctions with only one alpha'-FeRh magnetic electrode show a magnetoresistance ratio up to 20% at room temperature. Both the polarity and magnitude of the phase transition tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance can be modulated by interfacial engineering at the alpha'-FeRh/MgO interface. Besides the fundamental significance, our finding might add a different dimension to magnetic random access memory and antiferromagnet spintronics.
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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN: 2041-1723
Year: 2017
Volume: 8
1 6 . 6 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: Multidisciplinary;
ESI HC Threshold:283
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 55
SCOPUS Cited Count: 57
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1