To overcome the detrimental effect of charge transfer from a transition metal to 2D substrates like graphene, we have grown ultrathin antiferromagnetic α-Fe2O3 layers on both sides of the graphene surface. Anomalous magnetic behavior, viz., coercivity and exchange bias, increases with increasing temperature with strong ferromagnetic ordering. The highest values of coercivity and large exchange bias are obtained as 3335 Oe and 2361 Oe, respectively. Large enhancement (646%) in exchange bias is observed with an increase in temperature from 2 K to 70 K. Interlayer exchange coupling between the ferromagnetic layers becomes strongest at 300 K to achieve an ultralow coercivity of 22 Oe by growing an α-Fe2O3 phase on both sides of the graphene surface. A 32% negative magnetoresistance is observed as a result of exchange bias which changes with temperature. All these results are explained on the basis of the charge transfer effect at the interface of the graphene/α-Fe2O3 nanostructure at the low temperature region and the spin canting effect of surface states at the higher temperature region. Theoretical Density Functional Theory calculation is also done to understand the interface interaction, quantitative evaluation of charge transfer, and density of states.
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21 June 2019
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June 19 2019
Charge transfer induced ferromagnetism and anomalous temperature increment of coercivity in ultrathin α-Fe2O3 decorated graphene 2D nanostructures
Shatabda Bhattacharya;
Shatabda Bhattacharya
1
School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Diptiman Dinda;
Diptiman Dinda
1
School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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E. Mathan Kumar;
E. Mathan Kumar
2
SRM Research Institute and Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM University
, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
3
Department of Physics, SRM University AP
, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh 522-502, India
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Ranjit Thapa;
Ranjit Thapa
2
SRM Research Institute and Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM University
, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
3
Department of Physics, SRM University AP
, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh 522-502, India
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Shyamal K. Saha
Shyamal K. Saha
a)
1
School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Shatabda Bhattacharya
1
Diptiman Dinda
1
E. Mathan Kumar
2,3
Ranjit Thapa
2,3
Shyamal K. Saha
1,a)
1
School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
2
SRM Research Institute and Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM University
, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
3
Department of Physics, SRM University AP
, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh 522-502, India
a)
E-mail: [email protected]
J. Appl. Phys. 125, 233904 (2019)
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March 17 2019
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June 03 2019
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Shatabda Bhattacharya, Diptiman Dinda, E. Mathan Kumar, Ranjit Thapa, Shyamal K. Saha; Charge transfer induced ferromagnetism and anomalous temperature increment of coercivity in ultrathin α-Fe2O3 decorated graphene 2D nanostructures. J. Appl. Phys. 21 June 2019; 125 (23): 233904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5096396
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