Flexible Multiferroic Bulk Heterojunction with Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling via van der Waals Epitaxy

Amrillah, Tahta; Bitla, Yugandhar; Shin, Kwangwoo; Yang, Tiannan; Hsieh, Ying-Hui; Chiou, Yu-You; Liu, Heng-Jui; Do, Thi Hien; Su, Dong; Chen, Yi-Chun; Jen, Shien-Uang; Chen, Long-Qing; Kim, Kee Hoon; Juang, Jenh-Yih; Chu, Ying-Hao

doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b02102

Title: Flexible Multiferroic Bulk Heterojunction with Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling via van der Waals Epitaxy

Journal Article · Mon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b02102· OSTI ID:1368662

Amrillah, Tahta ^[1]; Bitla, Yugandhar ^[2]; Shin, Kwangwoo ^[3]; Yang, Tiannan ^[4]; Hsieh, Ying-Hui ^[2]; Chiou, Yu-You ^[5]; Liu, Heng-Jui ^[6]; Do, Thi Hien ^[7];

^[8]; Chen, Yi-Chun ^[5]; Jen, Shien-Uang ^[7]; Chen, Long-Qing ^[4]; Kim, Kee Hoon ^[3]; Juang, Jenh-Yih ^[1];

^[9]

National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Dept. of Electrophysics
National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. CeNSCMR
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan (Taiwan). Dept. of Physics
National Chung Hsing Univ., Taichung (Taiwan). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan). Inst. of Physics
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials
National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Dept. of Electrophysics. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan). Inst. of Physics; Industrial Technology Research Inst., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Material and Chemical Research Lab.

Magnetoelectric nanocomposites have been a topic of intense research due to their profound potential in the applications of electronic devices based on spintronic technology. Nevertheless, in spite of significant progress made in the growth of high-quality nanocomposite thin films, the substrate clamping effect still remains a major hurdle in realizing the ultimate magnetoelectric coupling. To overcome this obstacle, an alternative strategy of fabricating a self-assembled ferroelectric–ferrimagnetic bulk heterojunction on a flexible muscovite via van der Waals epitaxy is adopted. In this paper, we investigated the magnetoelectric coupling in a self-assembled BiFeO₃ (BFO)–CoFe₂O₄ (CFO) bulk heterojunction epitaxially grown on a flexible muscovite substrate. The obtained heterojunction is composed of vertically aligned multiferroic BFO nanopillars embedded in a ferrimagnetic CFO matrix. Moreover, due to the weak interaction between the flexible substrate and bulk heterojunction, the interface is incoherent and, hence, the substrate clamping effect is greatly reduced. The phase-field simulation model also complements our results. The magnetic and electrical characterizations highlight the improvement in magnetoelectric coupling of the BFO–CFO bulk heterojunction. A magnetoelectric coupling coefficient of 74 mV/cm·Oe of this bulk heterojunction is larger than the magnetoelectric coefficient reported earlier on flexible substrates. Finally and therefore, this study delivers a viable route of fabricating a remarkable magnetoelectric heterojunction and yet flexible electronic devices that are robust against extreme conditions with optimized performance.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan); Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan); Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Contributing Organization:: Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan); National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan (Taiwan); National Chung Hsing Univ., Taichung (Taiwan); Industrial Technology Research Inst., Hsinchu (Taiwan)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; DMR-1410714; MOST 103-2112-M-009-015-MY3; MOST 104-2628-E-009-005-MY2; MOST 104-2923-M-009-005-MY2; 2010-0018300; 0409-20150111

OSTI ID:: 1368662

Report Number(s):: BNL-113969-2017-JA; R&D Project: 16060; 16060; KC0403020

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 11, Issue 6; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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