• 文献标题:   Artificial Graphene Spin Polarized Electrode for Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZATKO V, GALCERAN R, GALBIATI M, PEIRO J, GODEL F, KERN LM, PERCONTE D, IBRAHIM F, HALLAL A, CHSHIEV M, MARTINEZ B, FRONTERA C, BALCELLS L, KIDAMBI PR, ROBERTSON J, HOFMANN S, COLLIN S, PETROFF F, MARTIN MB, DLUBAK B, SENEOR P
  • 作者关键词:   proximity effect, 2d material, graphene, spin polarization
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03113 EA DEC 2022
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

2D materials offer the ability to expose their electronic structure to manipulations by a proximity effect. This could be harnessed to craft properties of 2D interfaces and van der Waals heterostructures in devices and quantum materials. We explore the possibility to create an artificial spin polarized electrode from graphene through proximity interaction with a ferromagnetic insulator to be used in a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). Ferromagnetic insulator/graphene artificial electrodes were fabricated and integrated in MTJs based on spin analyzers. Evidence of the emergence of spin polarization in proximitized graphene layers was observed through the occurrence of tunnel magnetoresistance. We deduced a spin dependent splitting of graphene's Dirac band structure (similar to 15 meV) induced by the proximity effect, potentially leading to full spin polarization and opening the way to gating. The extracted spin signals illustrate the potential of 2D quantum materials based on proximity effects to craft spintronics functionalities, from vertical MTJs memory cells to logic circuits.