Combined Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approach for Highly Ordered One-Dimensional Composite Nanostructures for Spin Insulatronics
| Autor: | M. Venkata Kamalakar, Tapati Sarkar, Gianni Barucca, Davide Peddis, Örjan Vallin, Ganesh Kotnana, D. C. Joshi, Gopal Datt, Ramu Maddu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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strain coupling
Materials science Condensed matter physics Composite number Nanowire bimagnetic nanocomposites Magnetic hysteresis Condensed Matter Physics Inductive coupling spin insulatronics Transmission electron microscopy Ferrimagnetism one-dimensional nanostructures oxide electronics General Materials Science Texture (crystalline) Magnetic force microscope Den kondenserade materiens fysik Research Article |
| Zdroj: | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces |
| Popis: | Engineering magnetic proximity effects-based devices requires developing efficient magnetic insulators. In particular, insulators, where magnetic phases show dramatic changes in texture on the nanometric level, could allow us to tune the proximity-induced exchange splitting at such distances. In this paper, we report the fabrication and characterization of highly ordered two-dimensional arrays of LaFeO3 (LFO)-CoFe2O4 (CFO) biphasic magnetic nanowires, grown on silicon substrates using a unique combination of bottom-up and top-down synthesis approaches. The regularity of the patterns was confirmed using atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy techniques, whereas magnetic force microscopy images established the magnetic homogeneity of the patterned nanowires and absence of any magnetic debris between the wires. Transmission electron microscopy shows a close spatial correlation between the LFO and CFO phases, indicating strong grain-to-grain interfacial coupling, intrinsically different from the usual core-shell structures. Magnetic hysteresis loops reveal the ferrimagnetic nature of the composites up to room temperature and the presence of a strong magnetic coupling between the two phases, and electrical transport measurements demonstrate the strong insulating behavior of the LFO-CFO composite, which is found to be governed by Mott-variable range hopping conduction mechanisms. A shift in the Raman modes in the composite sample compared to those of pure CFO suggests the existence of strain-mediated elastic coupling between the two phases in the composite sample. Our work offers ordered composite nanowires with strong interfacial coupling between the two phases that can be directly integrated for developing multiphase spin insulatronic devices and emergent magnetic interfaces. |
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