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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus
MA 7: Computational Magnetism
MA 7.3: Vortrag
Montag, 27. März 2023, 15:30–15:45, HSZ 02
Modification of Magnetic Anisotropy at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces — •Anita Halder, Sumanta Bhandary, David O’Regan, Stefano Sanvito, and Andrea Droghetti — School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
The adsorption of nonmagnetic organic molecules on ferromagnetic materials offers an opportunity to tune their magnetic properties for promising applications in high-density data storage and spintronic devices. In this work, we report the manipulation of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA) of Co slabs through the adsorption of small molecules, such as benzene, cot etc. We consider a simple model based on 2nd-order perturbation theory to explain the modification of MCA due to molecular adsorption in a qualitative way. Further, we have used Density Functional Theory and the magnetic force theorem to calculate magnetic anisotropy. The results indicate that molecular adsorption tends to favour perpendicular MCA at surfaces by reducing in-plane MCA of the slab. A detailed analysis of various atom-resolved quantities demonstrates that the underlying physical mechanism is the metal-molecule interfacial hybridization, and, in particular, it is related to the chemical bond between the molecular pz and the surface dz2 orbitals. Generalizing the same argument, we also show that the complex molecules C60 and Alq3 deposited on fcc-Co induce a similar modification of the in-plane MCA, and we related the results to recent experimental observations.