# Quasi Static Remanence in Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction driven Weak Ferromagnets and Piezomagnets

## TL;DR

This paper investigates the quasi-static remanent magnetization in Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction-driven weak ferromagnets and piezomagnets, revealing ultra-slow relaxation phenomena independent of size or interface effects.

## Contribution

It demonstrates the presence of quasi-static remanence in various antiferromagnets, including defect-free single crystals, and links this behavior to symmetry-allowed weak ferromagnetism driven by DMI.

## Key findings

- Quasi-static remanence observed across nano to bulk scales.
- Ultra-slow magnetization relaxation independent of size or interfaces.
- Potential for stress-tunable magnetization in these materials.

## Abstract

We explore remanent magnetization ($\mu$) as a function of time and temperature, in a variety of rhombohedral antiferromagnets (AFM) which are also weak ferromagnets (WFM) and piezomagnets (PzM). These measurements, across samples with length scales ranging from nano to bulk, firmly establish the presence of a remanence that is quasi static in nature and exhibits a counter-intuitive magnetic field dependence. These observations unravel an ultra-slow magnetization relaxation phenomenon related to this quasi static remanence. This feature is also observed in a defect free single crystal of $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$, which is a canonical WFM and PzM. Notably, $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ is not a typical geometrically frustrated AFM and in single crystal form, it is also devoid of any size or interface effects, which are the usual suspects for a slow magnetization relaxation phenomenon. The underlying pinning mechanism appears exclusive to those AFM which are either symmetry allowed WFM, driven by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction (DMI) or can generate this trait by tuning of size and interface. The qualitative features of the quasi static remanence indicate that such WFM are potential piezomagnets, in which magnetization can be tuned by \textit{stress} alone.