Wireless magneto-ionics : voltage control of magnetism by bipolar electrochemistry

Zheng Ma, Laura Fuentes-Rodríguez, Zhengwei Tan, Eva Maria Pellicer Vilà, Llibertat Abad, Javier Herrero-Martín, Enric Menéndez Dalmau, Nieves Casañ Pastor, Jordi Sort Viñas

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Modulation of magnetic properties through voltage-driven ion motion and redox processes, i.e., magneto-ionics, is a unique approach to control magnetism with electric field for low-power memory and spintronic applications. So far, magneto-ionics has been achieved through direct electrical connections to the actuated material. Here we evidence that an alternative way to reach such control exists in a wireless manner. Induced polarization in the conducting material immersed in the electrolyte, without direct wire contact, promotes wireless bipolar electrochemistry, an alternative pathway to achieve voltage-driven control of magnetism based on the same electrochemical processes involved in direct-contact magneto-ionics. A significant tunability of magnetization is accomplished for cobalt nitride thin films, including transitions between paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states. Such effects can be either volatile or non-volatile depending on the electrochemical cell configuration. These results represent a fundamental breakthrough that may inspire future device designs for applications in bioelectronics, catalysis, neuromorphic computing, or wireless communications. Conventional voltage control of magnetism relies on making direct electrical contacts to target samples. Here, wireless converse magnetoelectric actuation through bipolar electrochemistry is reported in magnetoionic transition metal nitride films.
Idioma originalAnglès
Número d’article6486
RevistaNature Communications
Volum14
Número1
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 14 d’oct. 2023

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