Magneto-Ionics in Single-Layer Transition Metal Nitrides.

ABSTRACT: Magneto-ionics allows for tunable control of magnetism by voltage-driven transport of ions, traditionally oxygen or lithium and, more recently, hydrogen, fluorine, or nitrogen. Here, magneto-ionic effects in single-layer iron nitride films are demonstrated, and their performance is evaluated at room temperature and compared with previously studied cobalt nitrides. Iron nitrides require increased activation energy and, under high bias, exhibit more modest rates of magneto-ionic motion than cobalt nitrides. Ab initio calculations reveal that, based on the atomic bonding strength, the critical field required to induce nitrogen-ion motion is higher in iron nitrides (≈6.6 V nm^-1) than in cobalt nitrides (≈5.3 V nm^-1). Nonetheless, under large bias (i.e., well above the mag

SUBMITTER: de Rojas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483439 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature