Flexible ε-Fe₂O₃-Terephthalate Thin-Film Magnets through ALD/MLD.

ABSTRACT: Pliable and lightweight thin-film magnets performing at room temperature are indispensable ingredients of the next-generation flexible electronics. However, conventional inorganic magnets based on f-block metals are rigid and heavy, whereas the emerging organic/molecular magnets are inferior regarding their magnetic characteristics. Here we fuse the best features of the two worlds, by tailoring ε-Fe₂O₃-terephthalate superlattice thin films with inbuilt flexibility due to the thin organic layers intimately embedded within the ferrimagnetic ε-Fe₂O₃ matrix; these films are also sustainable as they do not contain rare heavy metals. The films are grown with sub-nanometer-scale accuracy from gaseous precursors using the atomic/molecular layer depositio

SUBMITTER: Philip A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685534 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature