Effect of residual stress on nematic domains in BaFe_(2-x)Ni_xAs_2 studied by angular magnetoresistance

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-05-15
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WehavestudiedtheangularmagnetoresistanceofironpnictidesBaFe2-xNixAs2,whichshowsclear180degreeperiodicityasfittedbyacosinefunction.Inthex=0.065sample,thephaseofthetwo-foldsymmetrychanges90degreesabovethetetragonal-to-orthorhombicstructuraltransitiontemperatureTs.Sincethephaseatlowtemperatureisassociatedwiththerotationoforthorhombicdomainsbymagneticfield,weshowthatevenvacuumgreasecanpushthepresenceoforthorhombicdomainsattemperaturesmuchhigherthanTs.Ourresultssuggestthatresidualstressmayhavesignificanteffectsinstudyingthenematicordersanditsfluctuationsinironpnictides.