Long-range magnetic ordering of FePc molecules driven by interfacial coupling with antiferromagnetic <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Cr</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi
Interfaces between molecular layers and ferromagnetic materials, named spinterfaces, have been widely studied on account of the intriguing magnetic phenomena associated with the spin-polarized hybrid interface states, and of possible innovative applications. This work starts exploring the opportunities given by coupling molecular layers and antiferromagnetic materials, focusing on the magnetoelectric antiferromagnetic insulator <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <a:mrow> <a:msub> <a:mi>Cr</a:mi> <a:mn>2</a:mn> </a:msub> <a:msub> <a:mi mathvariant="normal">O</a:mi> <a:mn>3</a:mn> </a:msub> </a:mrow> </a:math> . Antiferromagnets are currently of great interest for the future development of spintronics and magnonics applications, since they are stable against external fields and they show dynamic behaviors at much higher frequencies, compared to ferromagnets. On the other hand, interacting with the magnetic structure of an antiferromagnet is more challenging. A possible approach is that of establishing an , in such a way that external stimuli acting on the molecular side can influence the substrate magnetic parameters. Self-assembled monolayers of FePc (iron phthalocyanine) are prepared on thin <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <c:mrow> <c:msub> <c:mi>Cr</c:mi> <c:mn>2</c:mn> </c:msub> <c:msub> <c:mi mathvariant="normal">O</c:mi> <c:mn>3</c:mn> </c:msub> </c:mrow> </c:math> films, and the morphological, structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of the resulting antiferromagnetic spinterface are experimentally and theoretically investigated. We observe flat-lying molecular layers that develop a long-range magnetic ordering of the magnetic moments associated with Fe ions. Our calculations support the conclusion that such ordering is established through the interaction at the interface between FePc and <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <e:mrow> <e:msub> <e:mi>Cr</e:mi> <e:mn>2</e:mn> </e:msub> <e:msub> <e:mi mathvariant="normal">O</e:mi> <e:mn>3</e:mn> </e:msub> </e:mrow> </e:math> .
Authors
- Deepak Dagur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-8337)
- Alessio Giampietri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5283-8882)
- Elena Molteni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-5491)
- M. Di Marino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1669-1953)
- G. Panaccione (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0122-4041)
- A. Brambilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5593-317X)
- Sara Fiori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-5027)
- F. Ciccacci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-4748)
- Michele Capra
- Andrea Picone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7920-6893)
- Simona Achilli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6812-5043)
- Federico Motti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2684-0764)
- Giovanni Vinai
- Guido Fratesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1077-7596)
- Alessandro Ferretti
Institutions
- University of Trieste (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IT)
- Politecnico di Milano (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Materials
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/2pq1-8x4z
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
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