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Strain and Structure Driven Complex Magnetic Ordering of a CoO Overlayer on Ir(100)

2012/05/02 by Florian Mittendorfer, F. Mittendorfer, M. Weinert +2
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Crystallography #Magnetic field #Magnetic properties of thin films #Magnetic structure #Magnetization #Materials science #Overlayer #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum mechanics #Strain (injury) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.109.015501

5 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2012/05/02 · openalex publication_date 2012/07/02 · arxiv updated 2015/06/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We investigate the magnetic ordering in the ultrathin c(10×2) CoO(111) film supported on Ir(100) on the basis of ab initio calculations. We find a close relationship between the local structural properties of the oxide film and the induced magnetic order, leading to alternating ferromagnetically and antiferromagnetically ordered segments. While the local magnetic order is directly related to the geometric position of the Co atoms, the mismatch between the CoO film and the Ir substrate leads to a complex long-range order of the oxide.

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