Flexible ε-Fe2O3-Terephthalate Thin-Film Magnets through ALD/MLD
Open Access
- 23 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 12 (19), 21912-21921
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c04665
Abstract
Pliable and lightweight thin-film magnets performing at room temperature are indispensable ingredients of the next-generation flexible electronics. However, conventional inorganic magnets based on f-block metals are rigid and heavy, while the emerging organic/molecular magnets are yet inferior regarding their magnetic characteristics. Here we fuse the best features of the two worlds, by tailoring ε-Fe2O3-terephthalate superlattice thin films with inbuilt flexibility due to the thin organic layers intimately embedded within the ferrimagnetic ε-Fe2O3 matrix; these films are also sustainable as they do not contain rare heavy metals. The films are grown with sub-nm scale accuracy from gaseous precursors using the atomic/molecular layer deposition (ALD/MLD) technique. Tensile tests confirm the expected increased flexibility with increasing organic content reaching a threefold decrease in critical bending radius (2.4±0.3 mm) as compared to ε-Fe2O3 thin film (7.7±0.3 mm). Most remarkably, these hybrid ε-Fe2O3-terephthalate films do not compromise the exceptional intrinsic magnetic characteristics of the ε-Fe2O3 phase, in particular the ultra-high coercive force (~2 kOe) even at room temperature.Keywords
Funding Information
- H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (754364)
- Academy of Finland (296299)
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (339478)
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