In principle, a complex assembly of strongly interacting electrons can self-organize into a wide variety of collective states, but relatively few such states have been identified in practice. We report that, in the close vicinity of a metamagnetic quantum critical point, high-purity strontium ruthenate Sr3Ru2O7 possesses a large magnetoresistive anisotropy, consistent with the existence of an electronic nematic fluid. We discuss a striking phenomenological similarity between our observations and those made in high-purity two-dimensional electron fluids in gallium arsenide devices.
%0 Journal Article
%1 bor07
%A Borzi, R. A.
%A Grigera, S. A.
%A Farrell, J.
%A Perry, R. S.
%A Lister, S. J. S.
%A Lee, S. L.
%A Tennant, D. A.
%A Maeno, Y.
%A Mackenzie, A. P.
%D 2007
%J Science
%K experiment, frustrated-phase-separation
%N 5809
%P 214--217
%R 10.1126/science.1134796
%T Formation of a Nematic Fluid at High Fields in Sr3Ru2O7
%U http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5809/214
%V 315
%X In principle, a complex assembly of strongly interacting electrons can self-organize into a wide variety of collective states, but relatively few such states have been identified in practice. We report that, in the close vicinity of a metamagnetic quantum critical point, high-purity strontium ruthenate Sr3Ru2O7 possesses a large magnetoresistive anisotropy, consistent with the existence of an electronic nematic fluid. We discuss a striking phenomenological similarity between our observations and those made in high-purity two-dimensional electron fluids in gallium arsenide devices.
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abstract = {In principle, a complex assembly of strongly interacting electrons can self-organize into a wide variety of collective states, but relatively few such states have been identified in practice. We report that, in the close vicinity of a metamagnetic quantum critical point, high-purity strontium ruthenate Sr3Ru2O7 possesses a large magnetoresistive anisotropy, consistent with the existence of an electronic nematic fluid. We discuss a striking phenomenological similarity between our observations and those made in high-purity two-dimensional electron fluids in gallium arsenide devices.},
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author = {Borzi, R. A. and Grigera, S. A. and Farrell, J. and Perry, R. S. and Lister, S. J. S. and Lee, S. L. and Tennant, D. A. and Maeno, Y. and Mackenzie, A. P.},
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doi = {10.1126/science.1134796},
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journal = {Science},
keywords = {experiment, frustrated-phase-separation},
number = 5809,
pages = {214--217},
posted-at = {2008-05-29 16:04:33},
priority = {2},
timestamp = {2008-06-25T19:30:36.000+0200},
title = {{Formation of a Nematic Fluid at High Fields in Sr3Ru2O7}},
url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5809/214},
volume = 315,
year = 2007
}