Strain-driven transition from E-type to A-type magnetic order in YMnO3 epitaxial films

F. Jimenez-Villacorta,1 J. A. Gallastegui,2 I. Fina,3 X. Marti,4,* and J. Fontcuberta3 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA 2SpLine Spanish CRG Beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF BP 220-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) Cantoblanco E-28049 Madrid, Spain 3Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain 4Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic (Received 7 February 2012; revised manuscript received 3 May 2012; published 16 July 2012)