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Title: Electrically controlled nonvolatile switching of single-atom magnetism in a Dy@C84 single-molecule transistor

Abstract: Single-atom magnetism switching is a key technique towards the ultimate data storage density of computer hard disks and has been conceptually realized by leveraging the spin bistability of a magnetic atom under a scanning tunnelling microscope. However, it has rarely been applied to solid-state transistors, an advancement that would be highly desirable for enabling various applications. Here, we demonstrate realization of the electrically controlled Zeeman effect in Dy@C84 single-molecule transistors, thus revealing a transition in the magnetic moment from 3.8 {\mu}B to 5.1 {\mu}B for the ground-state GN at an electric field strength of 3-10 MV/cm. The consequent magnetoresistance significantly increases from 600% to 1100% at the resonant tunneling point. Density functional theory calculations further corroborate our realization of nonvolatile switching of single-atom magnetism, and the switching stability emanates from an energy barrier of 92 meV for atomic relaxation. These results highlight the potential of using endohedral metallofullerenes for high-temperature, high-stability, high-speed, and compact single-atom magnetic data storage.
Comments: 26 pages, 4 figures
Subjects: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
Journal reference: Nature Communications (2024)
Cite as: arXiv:2403.11137 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
  (or arXiv:2403.11137v1 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] for this version)

Submission history

From: Fengqi Song [view email]
[v1] Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:34:21 GMT (912kb)

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