Ferromagnetism and Conductivity in Atomically Thin
Abstract
Atomically thin ferromagnetic and conducting electron systems are highly desired for spintronics, because they can be controlled with both magnetic and electric fields. We present superlattices and single-unit-cell-thick samples that are capped with . We achieve samples of exceptional quality. In these samples, the electron systems comprise only a single plane. We observe conductivity down to 50 mK, a ferromagnetic state with a Curie temperature of 25 K, and signals of magnetism persisting up to approximately 100 K.
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- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1493958
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- OSTI ID: 1610697
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- SC0002334; SC0008110
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. X
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- Journal Name: Physical Review. X Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2160-3308
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- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Magnetism; Strongly Correlated Materials
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Boschker, H., Harada, T., Asaba, T., Ashoori, R., Boris, A. V., Hilgenkamp, H., Hughes, C. R., Holtz, M. E., Li, L., Muller, D. A., Nair, H., Reith, P., Renshaw Wang, X., Schlom, D. G., Soukiassian, A., and Mannhart, J. Ferromagnetism and Conductivity in Atomically Thin SrRuO 3. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011027.
Boschker, H., Harada, T., Asaba, T., Ashoori, R., Boris, A. V., Hilgenkamp, H., Hughes, C. R., Holtz, M. E., Li, L., Muller, D. A., Nair, H., Reith, P., Renshaw Wang, X., Schlom, D. G., Soukiassian, A., & Mannhart, J. Ferromagnetism and Conductivity in Atomically Thin SrRuO 3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011027
Boschker, H., Harada, T., Asaba, T., Ashoori, R., Boris, A. V., Hilgenkamp, H., Hughes, C. R., Holtz, M. E., Li, L., Muller, D. A., Nair, H., Reith, P., Renshaw Wang, X., Schlom, D. G., Soukiassian, A., and Mannhart, J. Fri .
"Ferromagnetism and Conductivity in Atomically Thin SrRuO 3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011027.
@article{osti_1493958,
title = {Ferromagnetism and Conductivity in Atomically Thin SrRuO 3},
author = {Boschker, H. and Harada, T. and Asaba, T. and Ashoori, R. and Boris, A. V. and Hilgenkamp, H. and Hughes, C. R. and Holtz, M. E. and Li, L. and Muller, D. A. and Nair, H. and Reith, P. and Renshaw Wang, X. and Schlom, D. G. and Soukiassian, A. and Mannhart, J.},
abstractNote = {Atomically thin ferromagnetic and conducting electron systems are highly desired for spintronics, because they can be controlled with both magnetic and electric fields. We present (SrRuO3)1-(SrTiO3)5 superlattices and single-unit-cell-thick SrRuO3 samples that are capped with SrTiO3. We achieve samples of exceptional quality. In these samples, the electron systems comprise only a single RuO2 plane. We observe conductivity down to 50 mK, a ferromagnetic state with a Curie temperature of 25 K, and signals of magnetism persisting up to approximately 100 K.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011027},
journal = {Physical Review. X},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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