Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at transition metal/oxide interfaces and applications

B Dieny, M Chshiev - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Spin electronics is a rapidly expanding field stimulated by a strong synergy between
breakthrough basic research discoveries and industrial applications in the fields of magnetic …

Phase engineering and synchrotron-based study on two-dimensional energy nanomaterials

Q He, B Sheng, K Zhu, Y Zhou, S Qiao, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, there has been significant interest in the development of two-dimensional
(2D) nanomaterials with unique physicochemical properties for various energy applications …

Large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at Fe/MgO interface

JW Koo, S Mitani, TT Sasaki, H Sukegawa… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) of 1.4 MJ/m 3 was observed from ultrathin
Fe/MgO (001) bilayers grown on Cr-buffered MgO (001). The PMA strongly depends on the …

Modulation of heavy metal/ferromagnetic metal interface for high‐performance spintronic devices

S Peng, D Zhu, J Zhou, B Zhang, A Cao… - Advanced Electronic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Spintronic devices such as magnetic tunnel junctions and skyrmions have attracted
considerable attention due to features such as nonvolatility, high scalability, low power, and …

Current-driven perpendicular magnetization switching in Ta/CoFeB/[TaOx or MgO/TaOx] films with lateral structural asymmetry

G Yu, LT Chang, M Akyol, P Upadhyaya, C He… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We study the current-driven perpendicular magnetization switching in Ta/CoFeB
(wedge)/[TaO x or MgO/TaO x] devices with a lateral structural asymmetry introduced by a …

Thickness-dependent magnetoelasticity and its effects on perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Ta/CoFeB/MgO thin films

PG Gowtham, GM Stiehl, DC Ralph, RA Buhrman - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We report measurements of the in-plane magnetoelastic coupling in both as-deposited and
annealed ultrathin Ta/CoFeB/MgO layers as a function of uniaxial strain, conducted using a …

Modification of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya-interaction-stabilized domain wall chirality by driving currents

GV Karnad, F Freimuth, E Martinez, R Lo Conte… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We measure and analyze the chirality of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya-interaction (DMI) stabilized
spin textures in multilayers of Ta| Co 20 F 60 B 20| MgO. The effective DMI is measured …

Tailoring the magnetic anisotropy of CoFeB/MgO stacks onto W with a Ta buffer layer

A Kaidatzis, C Bran, V Psycharis, M Vázquez… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The emergence of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in CoFeB/MgO stacks
deposited on W using a Ta buffer layer is studied as a function of Ta and CoFeB layer …

Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions with a synthetic storage or reference layer: A new route towards Pt-and Pd-free junctions

L Cuchet, B Rodmacq, S Auffret, RC Sousa… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We report here the development of Pt and Pd-free perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions
(p-MTJ) for STT-MRAM applications. We start by studying a p-MTJ consisting of a bottom …

High thermal stability in W/MgO/CoFeB/W/CoFeB/W stacks via ultrathin W insertion with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Y Liu, T Yu, Z Zhu, H Zhong, KM Khamis… - Journal of Magnetism and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) of a series of top MgO/CoFeB/W stacks were
studied. In these stacks, the thickness of CoFeB is limited in a range of 1.1–2.2 nm. It was …