Interfacial chemistry meets magnetism: comparison of $Co/Fe_3O_4$ and $Co/α-Fe_2O_3$ epitaxial heterostructures
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| author | Madej, Ewa Kwiatek-Maroszek, Natalia Freindl, Kinga Korecki, Józef Młyńczak, Ewa Wilgocka-Ślęzak, Dorota Zając, Marcin Zawała, Jan Spiridis, Nika |
| author_facet | Madej, Ewa Kwiatek-Maroszek, Natalia Freindl, Kinga Korecki, Józef Młyńczak, Ewa Wilgocka-Ślęzak, Dorota Zając, Marcin Zawała, Jan Spiridis, Nika |
| contents | The magnetic and chemical structure of metal/oxide interfaces were studied in cobalt/magnetite, $Fe_3O_4$, and cobalt/hematite, $α-Fe_2O_3$, epitaxial heterostructures using the comprehensive selection of microscopic and spectroscopic methods. It was observed that the cobalt nanostructures and ultrathin films were oxidized at both interfaces, with a thicker cobalt oxide layer in the system with hematite. The formation of cobalt oxides was accompanied by the interfacial reduction of iron that modified magnetic properties of the iron oxides layers. In particular, uncompensated magnetic moments appear in antiferromagnetic hematite, and the orbital magnetic moment of Co grown on magnetite is significantly enhanced for thicknesses below 1 nm. Synchrotron magnetic microscopy showed a direct correlation in the domain structures of the cobalt/iron oxides: ferromagnetic coupling between cobalt and magnetite and between cobalt and the magnetically modified layer of hematite. |
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| spellingShingle | Interfacial chemistry meets magnetism: comparison of $Co/Fe_3O_4$ and $Co/α-Fe_2O_3$ epitaxial heterostructures Madej, Ewa Kwiatek-Maroszek, Natalia Freindl, Kinga Korecki, Józef Młyńczak, Ewa Wilgocka-Ślęzak, Dorota Zając, Marcin Zawała, Jan Spiridis, Nika Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics The magnetic and chemical structure of metal/oxide interfaces were studied in cobalt/magnetite, $Fe_3O_4$, and cobalt/hematite, $α-Fe_2O_3$, epitaxial heterostructures using the comprehensive selection of microscopic and spectroscopic methods. It was observed that the cobalt nanostructures and ultrathin films were oxidized at both interfaces, with a thicker cobalt oxide layer in the system with hematite. The formation of cobalt oxides was accompanied by the interfacial reduction of iron that modified magnetic properties of the iron oxides layers. In particular, uncompensated magnetic moments appear in antiferromagnetic hematite, and the orbital magnetic moment of Co grown on magnetite is significantly enhanced for thicknesses below 1 nm. Synchrotron magnetic microscopy showed a direct correlation in the domain structures of the cobalt/iron oxides: ferromagnetic coupling between cobalt and magnetite and between cobalt and the magnetically modified layer of hematite. |
| title | Interfacial chemistry meets magnetism: comparison of $Co/Fe_3O_4$ and $Co/α-Fe_2O_3$ epitaxial heterostructures |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01388 |