The Spontaneous and Tunable Exchange Bias in above Room‐Temperature Van der Waals Magnet
Abstract Van der Waals (vdW) magnets have opened up new avenues for exploring next‐generation spintronic devices. The exchange bias (EB) effect plays an undisputed role in ensuring accurate data retrieval in spintronic devices. However, the unsustainably weak EB field ( H EB ) introduced by field cooling and the high‐complexity of devices incompatible with silicon‐based industry, limit the application of related vdW spintronic devices. Here, a compatible and simple method is reported for constructing Fe 3 GaTe 2 /oxidized Fe 3 GaTe 2 heterostructures and achieving a spontaneous EB effect with a low‐complexity device configuration. The spontaneous EB effect exhibits undecayed, tunable, and giant H EB of 2550 Oe at 3 K, along with a relatively high blocking temperature of 220 K. Field cooling and cross‐sectional microstructure studies suggest that the EB effect arises from antiferromagnetic exchange coupling between Fe 3 GaTe 2 and spin clusters frozen by α‐Fe 2 O 3 at the disordered interface. This work provides a unique avenue for customizing, integrating, and producing related spintronic devices.
Authors
- Xidong Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4951-901X)
- Jiantao Du
- Lin Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7504-031X)
- Mingyuan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-6451)
- Xitong Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7832-4377)
- Yangkun He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5126-153X)
- Chengbao Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3914-1567)
- Qinghua Zhang
- Bo Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5802-7519)
- Kun He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8943-8671)
- Junyang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-9035)
- Miao He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0731-6801)
- Shengxue Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-9702)
- Zhe Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3865-8337)
Institutions
- Hunan University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (CN)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory (CN)
- Institute of Physics (CN)
- Beihang University (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Published
- 2025-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202501047
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.23