Intrinsic Exchange Bias from Interfacial Reconstruction in an Epitaxial NixCoyFe3-x-yO4(111)/α-Al2O3(0001) Thin Film Family

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Auteurs principaux: Yang, Detian, Liu, Yaohua, Xu, Xiaoshan
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author Yang, Detian
Liu, Yaohua
Xu, Xiaoshan
author_facet Yang, Detian
Liu, Yaohua
Xu, Xiaoshan
contents Intrinsic exchange bias is known as the unidirectional exchange anisotropy that emerges in a nominally single-component ferro-(ferri-)magnetic system. In this work, with magnetic and structural characterizations, we demonstrate that intrinsic exchange bias is a general phenomenon in (Ni, Co, Fe)-based spinel oxide films deposited on α-Al2O3(0001) substrates, due to the emergence of a rock-salt interfacial layer consisting of antiferromagnetic CoO from interfacial reconstruction. We show that in NixCoyFe3-x-yO4(111)/α-Al2O3(0001) films, intrinsic exchange bias and interfacial reconstruction have consistent dependences on Co concentration y, while the Ni and Fe concentration appears to be less important. This work establishes a family of intrinsic exchange bias materials with great tunability by stoichiometry and highlights the strategy of interface engineering in controlling material functionalities.
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spellingShingle Intrinsic Exchange Bias from Interfacial Reconstruction in an Epitaxial NixCoyFe3-x-yO4(111)/α-Al2O3(0001) Thin Film Family
Yang, Detian
Liu, Yaohua
Xu, Xiaoshan
Materials Science
Applied Physics
Intrinsic exchange bias is known as the unidirectional exchange anisotropy that emerges in a nominally single-component ferro-(ferri-)magnetic system. In this work, with magnetic and structural characterizations, we demonstrate that intrinsic exchange bias is a general phenomenon in (Ni, Co, Fe)-based spinel oxide films deposited on α-Al2O3(0001) substrates, due to the emergence of a rock-salt interfacial layer consisting of antiferromagnetic CoO from interfacial reconstruction. We show that in NixCoyFe3-x-yO4(111)/α-Al2O3(0001) films, intrinsic exchange bias and interfacial reconstruction have consistent dependences on Co concentration y, while the Ni and Fe concentration appears to be less important. This work establishes a family of intrinsic exchange bias materials with great tunability by stoichiometry and highlights the strategy of interface engineering in controlling material functionalities.
title Intrinsic Exchange Bias from Interfacial Reconstruction in an Epitaxial NixCoyFe3-x-yO4(111)/α-Al2O3(0001) Thin Film Family
topic Materials Science
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13227