ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Probing Unconventional Spin Configurations in Molecular Interfaces

Abstract: Only a few elements are ferromagnetic and the most common are iron, cobalt and nickel. These elements satisfy a condition, called the Stoner criterion, which determines whether materials are ferromagnetic. Recently, a different class of ferromagnetic materials based on alternating ultrathin layers of carbon-60 (C60, also called Buckminster-fullerenes or “Buckyballs”) and non-magnetic metals (e.g. copper or Cu), have exhibited the signatures of ferromagnetism. This development may lead to entirely new ways of understanding magnetic ordering and use of magnetic materials in information technology. The magnetism is associated with the number of interfaces of C60 and Cu, and key issue in understanding the origin of this unusual ferromagnetism is how the ferromagnetism decays away from the interfaces. Neutron scattering is the ideal tool to answer this intriguing question.

Principal Investigator: Professor Dario Arena
Experimenter: Ms Jenae Shoup
Experimenter: Dr Gavin Burnell
Experimenter: Professor Sean Langridge
Experimenter: Dr Oscar Cespedes
Experimenter: Dr Matthew Rogers
Experimenter: Dr Christy Kinane

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1610066

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1610066

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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