Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Indirect chiral magnetic exchange through Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya-enhanced RKKY interactions in manganese oxide chains on Ir(100)

  • Martin Schmitt,
  • Paolo Moras,
  • Gustav Bihlmayer,
  • Ryan Cotsakis,
  • Matthias Vogt,
  • Jeannette Kemmer,
  • Abderrezak Belabbes,
  • Polina M. Sheverdyaeva,
  • Asish K. Kundu,
  • Carlo Carbone,
  • Stefan Blügel,
  • Matthias Bode

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10515-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Manganese oxide self-organizes on Ir(100) surfaces to form arrays of one-dimensional chains, providing a model system to study emergent magnetic behaviour. Schmitt et al. demonstrate they host chiral magnetism mediated by Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya-enhanced RKKY interactions.