Engineering perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Fe via interstitial nitrogenation: N choose K

In this work, combining experimental results and first principles calculations, we show that interstitial nitrogen not only serves for inducing tetragonality in α′-Fe8Nx but is also essential for achieving a high degree of perpendicular magneto-crystalline anisotropy, K. Our results demonstrate that...

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Main Authors: Hongbin Zhang, Imants Dirba, Tim Helbig, Lambert Alff, Oliver Gutfleisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-11-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967285