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Title: Tunable, room-temperature multiferroic Fe-BaTiO3 vertically aligned nanocomposites with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Abstract

Room-temperature ferromagnetic materials with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are widely sought after for spintronics, magnetic data storage devices, and stochastic computing. To address this need, a new Fe-BaTiO3 vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) has been fabricated—combining both the strong room-temperature ferromagnetic properties of Fe nanopillars and the strong room-temperature ferroelectric properties of the BaTiO3 matrix. Furthermore, the Fe-BaTiO3 VAN allows for highly anisotropic magnetic properties with tunable magnetization and coercivity. Additionally, to demonstrate the multiferroic properties of the Fe-BaTiO3 system, the new metal-oxide hybrid material system has been incorporated in a multilayer stack. Overall, this new multiferroic VAN system possesses great potential in magnetic anisotropy and property tuning and demonstrates a new material family of oxide-metal hybrid systems for room-temperature multiferroic material designs.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1668353
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1694346
Report Number(s):
SAND-2020-4892J
Journal ID: ISSN 2588-8420; 685970
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; SC0020077; ECCS-1902644; DMR-1565822; NA0003525
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Materials Today Nano
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2588-8420
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Strain tuning; ferroelectric; ferromagnetic; ordered growth

Citation Formats

Zhang, B., Huang, J., Rutherford, B. X., Lu, P., Misra, S., Kalaswad, M., He, Z., Gao, X., Sun, X., Li, L., and Wang, H. Tunable, room-temperature multiferroic Fe-BaTiO3 vertically aligned nanocomposites with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.mtnano.2020.100083.
Zhang, B., Huang, J., Rutherford, B. X., Lu, P., Misra, S., Kalaswad, M., He, Z., Gao, X., Sun, X., Li, L., & Wang, H. Tunable, room-temperature multiferroic Fe-BaTiO3 vertically aligned nanocomposites with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2020.100083
Zhang, B., Huang, J., Rutherford, B. X., Lu, P., Misra, S., Kalaswad, M., He, Z., Gao, X., Sun, X., Li, L., and Wang, H. Tue . "Tunable, room-temperature multiferroic Fe-BaTiO3 vertically aligned nanocomposites with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2020.100083. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1668353.
@article{osti_1668353,
title = {Tunable, room-temperature multiferroic Fe-BaTiO3 vertically aligned nanocomposites with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy},
author = {Zhang, B. and Huang, J. and Rutherford, B. X. and Lu, P. and Misra, S. and Kalaswad, M. and He, Z. and Gao, X. and Sun, X. and Li, L. and Wang, H.},
abstractNote = {Room-temperature ferromagnetic materials with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are widely sought after for spintronics, magnetic data storage devices, and stochastic computing. To address this need, a new Fe-BaTiO3 vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) has been fabricated—combining both the strong room-temperature ferromagnetic properties of Fe nanopillars and the strong room-temperature ferroelectric properties of the BaTiO3 matrix. Furthermore, the Fe-BaTiO3 VAN allows for highly anisotropic magnetic properties with tunable magnetization and coercivity. Additionally, to demonstrate the multiferroic properties of the Fe-BaTiO3 system, the new metal-oxide hybrid material system has been incorporated in a multilayer stack. Overall, this new multiferroic VAN system possesses great potential in magnetic anisotropy and property tuning and demonstrates a new material family of oxide-metal hybrid systems for room-temperature multiferroic material designs.},
doi = {10.1016/j.mtnano.2020.100083},
journal = {Materials Today Nano},
number = ,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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