Fig. 3: Scanning nano-susceptibility of temperature- and strain-tuned Mott domains.
From: Nano-imaging of strain-tuned stripe textures in a Mott crystal
a Repeated nano-imaging along a fixed-line parallel to the b-axis of a 300 micron-long rectangular crystal while linearly warming the sample temperature resolves thermal evolution of domain textures. b A phase-field simulation of a strain-coupled transition (see text) replicates the observed domain evolution. c–f Repeated nano-imaging along the same line as (a) but at fixed temperatures, identified by colored circles associated with arrows in (a), and under programmable strain-sweeps. c At low temperature compressive strain nucleates metallic stripes; f at high temperature tensile strain nucleates insulating stripes; d, e intermediate temperatures alternatively reveal rigidity or complex rearrangement of domain textures.
