Heteroepitaxy of Fe3O4/Muscovite: A New Perspective for Flexible Spintronics

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• 作者：Ping-Chun Wu ; Ping-Fan Chen ; Thi Hien Do ; Ying-Hui Hsieh ; Chun-Hao Ma ; Thai Duy Ha ; Kun-Hong Wu ; Yu-Jia Wang ; Hao-Bo Li ; Yi-Chun Chen ; Jenh-Yih Juang ; Pu Yu ; Lukas M. Eng ; Chun-Fu Chang ; Po-Wen Chiu ; Liu Hao Tjeng ; Ying-Hao Chu
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 14, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：49
• 页码：33794-33801
• 全文大小：611K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Spintronics has captured a lot of attention since it was proposed. It has been triggering numerous research groups to make their efforts on pursuing spin-related electronic devices. Recently, flexible and wearable devices are in a high demand due to their outstanding potential in practical applications. In order to introduce spintronics into the realm of flexible devices, we demonstrate that it is feasible to grow epitaxial Fe₃O₄ film, a promising candidate for realizing spintronic devices based on tunneling magnetoresistance, on flexible muscovite. In this study, the heteroepitaxy of Fe₃O₄/muscovite is characterized by X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The chemical composition and magnetic feature are investigated by a combination of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism. The electrical and magnetic properties are examined to show the preservation of the primitive properties of Fe₃O₄. Furthermore, various bending tests are performed to show the tunability of functionalities and to confirm that the heterostructures retain the physical properties under repeated cycles. These results illustrate that the Fe₃O₄/muscovite heterostructure can be a potential candidate for the applications in flexible spintronics.