Highly Robust Room-Temperature Interfacial Ferromagnetism in Ultrathin Co2Si Nanoplates

The reduced dimensionality and interfacial effects in magnetic nanostructures open the feasibility to tailor magnetic ordering. Here, we report the synthesis of ultrathin metallic Co2Si nanoplates with a total thickness that is tunable to 2.2 nm. The interfacial magnetism coupled with the highly anisotropic nanoplate geometry leads to strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and robust hard ferromagnetism at room temperature, with a Curie temperature (TC) exceeding 950 K and a coercive field (HC) > 4.0 T at 3 K and 8750 Oe at 300 K. Theoretical calculations suggest that ferromagnetism originates from symmetry breaking and undercoordinated Co atoms at the Co2Si and SiO2 interface. With protection by the self-limiting intrinsic oxide, the interfacial ferromagnetism of the Co2Si nanoplates exhibits excellent environmental stability. The controllable growth of ambient stable Co2Si nanoplates as 2D hard ferromagnets could open exciting opportunities for fundamental studies and applications in Si-based spintronic devices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 24(2024), 12 vom: 27. März, Seite 3768-3776

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Jialing [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Si [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bailing [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Jingyi [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zucheng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Huangfu, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ruixia [VerfasserIn]
Song, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiangdong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Ruohao [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Xiangfeng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Xidong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Environmental stability
Hard ferromagnets
Journal Article
Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
Room-temperature interfacial ferromagnetism
Two-dimensional materials

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Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00321

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369672917