Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Voltage-driven motion of nitrogen ions: a new paradigm for magneto-ionics

  • Julius de Rojas,
  • Alberto Quintana,
  • Aitor Lopeandía,
  • Joaquín Salguero,
  • Beatriz Muñiz,
  • Fatima Ibrahim,
  • Mairbek Chshiev,
  • Aliona Nicolenco,
  • Maciej O. Liedke,
  • Maik Butterling,
  • Andreas Wagner,
  • Veronica Sireus,
  • Llibertat Abad,
  • Christopher J. Jensen,
  • Kai Liu,
  • Josep Nogués,
  • José L. Costa-Krämer,
  • Enric Menéndez,
  • Jordi Sort

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19758-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In magneto-ionics, ion migration through the material is used to change the materials magnetic properties. Typically oxygen is used as the mobile ion. In this manuscript, the authors demonstrate controlled migration of nitrogen in a CoN film, expanding the possibilities of magneto-ionics.