“Magnetic properties of bcc-Fe(001)/C-60 interfaces for organic spintronics”. Tran TLA, Çakir D, Wong PKJ, Preobrajenski AB, Brocks G, van der Wiel WG, de Jong MP, Acs Applied Materials &, Interfaces 5, 837 (2013). http://doi.org/10.1021/AM3024367
Abstract: The magnetic structure of the interfaces between organic semiconductors and ferromagnetic contacts plays a key role in the spin injection and extraction processes in organic spintronic devices. We present a combined computational (density functional theory) and experimental (X-ray magnetic circular dichroism) study on the magnetic properties of interfaces between bcc-Fe(001) and C-60 molecules. C-60 is an interesting candidate for application in organic spintronics due to the absence of hydrogen atoms and the associated hyperfine fields. Adsorption of C-60 on Fe(001) reduces the magnetic moments on the top Fe layers by similar to 6%, while inducing an antiparrallel magnetic moment of similar to-0.2 mu(B) on C-60. Adsorption of C-60 on a model ferromagnetic substrate consisting of three Fe monolayers on W(001) leads to a different structure but to very similar interface magnetic properties.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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Times cited: 28
DOI: 10.1021/AM3024367
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