Reversible hydrogen control of antiferromagnetic anisotropy in α-Fe2O3

Jani, Hariom; Linghu, Jiajun; Hooda, Sonu; Chopdekar, Rajesh V.; Li, Changjian; Omar, Ganesh Ji; Prakash, Saurav; Du, Yonghua; Yang, Ping; Banas, Agnieszka; Banas, Krzysztof; Ghosh, Siddhartha; Ojha, Sunil; Umapathy, G. R.; Kanjilal, Dinakar; Ariando, A.; Pennycook, Stephen J.; Arenholz, Elke; Radaelli, Paolo G.; Coey, J. D.; Feng, Yuan Ping; Venkatesan, T.

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21807-y

Reversible hydrogen control of antiferromagnetic anisotropy in α-Fe₂O₃

Journal Article · Fri Mar 12 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21807-y· OSTI ID:1798789

^[1]; Linghu, Jiajun ^[2]; Hooda, Sonu ^[1]; ^[3]; Li, Changjian ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[4]; Yang, Ping ^[5]; Banas, Agnieszka ^[5]; Banas, Krzysztof ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[7]; Umapathy, G. R. ^[7]; ^[7]; Ariando, A. ^[1]; ^[1]; Arenholz, Elke ^[3]; Radaelli, Paolo G. ^[8]; ^[9] more »

National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); Chang’an University, Xi’an (China)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore (Singapore); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore). Singapore Synchrotron Light Source
National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh (India)
Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi (India)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Clarendon Lab.
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)

Antiferromagnetic insulators are a ubiquitous class of magnetic materials, holding the promise of low-dissipation spin-based computing devices that can display ultra-fast switching and are robust against stray fields. However, their imperviousness to magnetic fields also makes them difficult to control in a reversible and scalable manner. Here we demonstrate a novel proof-of-principle ionic approach to control the spin reorientation (Morin) transition reversibly in the common antiferromagnetic insulator α-Fe₂O₃ (haematite) - now an emerging spintronic material that hosts topological antiferromagnetic spin-textures and long magnon-diffusion lengths. We use a low-temperature catalytic-spillover process involving the post-growth incorporation or removal of hydrogen from α-Fe₂O₃ thin films. Hydrogenation drives pronounced changes in its magnetic anisotropy, Néel vector orientation and canted magnetism via electron injection and local distortions. We explain these effects with a detailed magnetic anisotropy model and first-principles calculations. Tailoring our work for future applications, we demonstrate reversible control of the room-temperature spin-state by doping/expelling hydrogen in Rh-substituted α-Fe₂O₃.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1798789

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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