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Title: Tunable Magnetic and Optical Anisotropy in ZrO 2 ‐Co Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites

Abstract

Abstract Metamaterials have gained great research interest in recent years owing to their potential for property tunability, multifunctionality, and property coupling. As a new group of self‐assembled thin films, vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN)‐based hybrid metamaterials have been demonstrated with significant anisotropic physical properties and a broad range of property tailorability, such as optical anisotropy, magnetic anisotropy, hyperbolic dispersion, and enhanced second harmonic generation properties. Herein, self‐assembled ZrO 2 ‐Co nanocomposite films, with high epitaxial quality and ultra‐fine vertically aligned Co nanopillars (with an average diameter of ≈2 nm) embedded in a ZrO 2 matrix, are fabricated using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. The Co pillar density can be effectively tuned by varying the Co concentration in the target, which results in tunable optical properties and magnetic properties. Specifically, a high saturation magnetization of 100 emu cm −3 , strong out‐of‐plane magnetic anisotropy and tailorable magnetization properties are achieved via tuning the Co nanopillar density. Coupled with hyperbolic dispersion of dielectric constant from 950 to 1500 nm in wavelength, plasmonic Co metal nanopillars, and the unique dielectric ZrO 2 matrix, this new nanoscale hybrid metamaterial shows great potential for future integrated optical and magnetic device designs.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [1]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. School of Materials Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
  2. Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque NM 87185 USA
  3. School of Materials Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos NM 87545 USA
  4. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
  5. School of Materials Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1975414
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1975416; OSTI ID: 1985868
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-23-26142
Journal ID: ISSN 2196-7350; 2300150
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; DMR-2016453; DMR-1565822; NA0003525
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Materials Interfaces Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 2196-7350
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; anisotropic; ferromagnetic; metamaterials; pulsed laser deposition; tunable; VAN

Citation Formats

Zhang, Yizhi, Song, Jiawei, Lu, Ping, Deitz, Julia, Zhang, Di, Dou, Hongyi, Shen, Jianan, Hu, Zedong, Zhang, Xinghang, and Wang, Haiyan. Tunable Magnetic and Optical Anisotropy in ZrO 2 ‐Co Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites. Germany: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1002/admi.202300150.
Zhang, Yizhi, Song, Jiawei, Lu, Ping, Deitz, Julia, Zhang, Di, Dou, Hongyi, Shen, Jianan, Hu, Zedong, Zhang, Xinghang, & Wang, Haiyan. Tunable Magnetic and Optical Anisotropy in ZrO 2 ‐Co Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300150
Zhang, Yizhi, Song, Jiawei, Lu, Ping, Deitz, Julia, Zhang, Di, Dou, Hongyi, Shen, Jianan, Hu, Zedong, Zhang, Xinghang, and Wang, Haiyan. Sun . "Tunable Magnetic and Optical Anisotropy in ZrO 2 ‐Co Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300150.
@article{osti_1975414,
title = {Tunable Magnetic and Optical Anisotropy in ZrO 2 ‐Co Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites},
author = {Zhang, Yizhi and Song, Jiawei and Lu, Ping and Deitz, Julia and Zhang, Di and Dou, Hongyi and Shen, Jianan and Hu, Zedong and Zhang, Xinghang and Wang, Haiyan},
abstractNote = {Abstract Metamaterials have gained great research interest in recent years owing to their potential for property tunability, multifunctionality, and property coupling. As a new group of self‐assembled thin films, vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN)‐based hybrid metamaterials have been demonstrated with significant anisotropic physical properties and a broad range of property tailorability, such as optical anisotropy, magnetic anisotropy, hyperbolic dispersion, and enhanced second harmonic generation properties. Herein, self‐assembled ZrO 2 ‐Co nanocomposite films, with high epitaxial quality and ultra‐fine vertically aligned Co nanopillars (with an average diameter of ≈2 nm) embedded in a ZrO 2 matrix, are fabricated using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. The Co pillar density can be effectively tuned by varying the Co concentration in the target, which results in tunable optical properties and magnetic properties. Specifically, a high saturation magnetization of 100 emu cm −3 , strong out‐of‐plane magnetic anisotropy and tailorable magnetization properties are achieved via tuning the Co nanopillar density. Coupled with hyperbolic dispersion of dielectric constant from 950 to 1500 nm in wavelength, plasmonic Co metal nanopillars, and the unique dielectric ZrO 2 matrix, this new nanoscale hybrid metamaterial shows great potential for future integrated optical and magnetic device designs.},
doi = {10.1002/admi.202300150},
journal = {Advanced Materials Interfaces},
number = 21,
volume = 10,
place = {Germany},
year = {Sun May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Sun May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}

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