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Stable room-temperature ferromagnetic phase at the FeRh(100) surface
| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Federico, Pressacco Vojtěch, Uhlίř Gatti, Matteo Azzedine, Bendounan Fullerton, Eric E. Fausto, Sirotti |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Interfaces and low dimensionality are sources of strong modifications of electronic, structural, and magnetic properties of materials. FeRh alloys are an excellent example because of the first-order phase transition taking place at ~400 K from an antiferromagnetic phase at room temperature to a high temperature ferromagnetic one. It is accompanied by a resistance change and volume expansion of about 1%. We have investigated the electronic and magnetic properties of FeRh(100) epitaxially grown on MgO by combining spectroscopies characterized by different probing depths, namely X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and photoelectron spectroscopy. We find that the symmetry breaking induced at the Rh-terminated surface stabilizes a surface ferromagnetic layer involving five planes of Fe and Rh atoms in the nominally antiferromagnetic phase at room temperature. First-principles calculations provide a microscopic description of the structural relaxation and the electron spin-density distribution that support the experimental findings. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22383 |
| Starting Page | 22383 |
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| ISSN | 20452322 |
| e-ISSN | 20452322 |
| Journal | Scientific Reports |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Nature Publishing Group |
| Subject Keyword | Science and technology Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Multidisciplinary |