Controlling Magneto-Ionics by Defect Engineering Through Light Ion Implantation

Magneto-ionics relies on the voltage-driven transport of ions to modify magnetic properties. As a diffusion-controlled mechanism, defects play a central role in determining ion motion and, hence, magneto-ionic response. Here, the potential of ion implantation is exploited to engineer depth-resolved...

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Autores: Ma, Zheng, Martins, Sofia, Tan, Zhengwei, Chen, Song, Monteblanco, Elmer, Liedke, Maciej O., Butterling, Maik, Attallah, Ahmed G., Hirschmann, Eric, Wagner, Andreas, Quintana, Alberto, Pellicer, Eva, Ravelosona, Dafiné, Sort, Jordi, Menéndez, Enric
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/364688
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/364688
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85194504249
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ion implantation
Magneto-ionics
Voltage control of magnetism
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Sumario:Magneto-ionics relies on the voltage-driven transport of ions to modify magnetic properties. As a diffusion-controlled mechanism, defects play a central role in determining ion motion and, hence, magneto-ionic response. Here, the potential of ion implantation is exploited to engineer depth-resolved defect type and density with the aim to control the magneto-ionic behavior of Co3O4 thin films. It is demonstrated that through a single implantation process of light ions (He+) at 5 keV, the magneto-ionic response of a nanostructured 50 nm thick Co3O4 film, in terms of rate and amount of induced magnetization, at short-, mid-, and long-term voltage actuation, can be controlled by varying the generated collisional damage through the ion fluence. These results constitute a proof-of-principle that paves the way to further use ion implantation (tuning the ion nature, energy, fluence, target temperature, or using multiple implantations) to enhance performance in magneto-ionic systems, with implications in ionic-based devices.