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Electric field (E-field) modulation of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) switching, in an energy-efficient manner, is of great potential to realize magnetoelectric (ME) memories and other ME devices. Voltage control of the spin-reorientation transition (SRT) that allows the magnetic moment rotating between the out-of-plane and the in-plane direction is thereby crucial. In this work, a remarkable magnetic anisotropy field change up to 1572 Oe is achieved under a small operation voltage of 4 V through ionic liquid (IL) gating control of SRT in Au/[DEME](+)[TFSI](-)/Pt/(Co/Pt)(2)/Ta capacitor heterostructures at room temperature, corresponding to a large ME coefficient of 378 Oe V-1. As revealed by both ferromagnetic resonance measurements and magnetic domain evolution observation, the magnetization can be switched stably and reversibly between the out-of-plane and in-plane directions via IL gating. The key mechanism, revealed by the first-principles calculation, is that the IL gating process influences the interfacial spin-orbital coupling as well as net Rashba magnetic field between the Co and Pt layers, resulting in the modulation of the SRT and in-plane/out-of-plane magnetization switching. This work demonstrates a unique IL-gated PMA with large ME tunability and paves a way toward IL gating spintronic/electronic devices such as voltage tunable PMA memories.
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ADVANCED MATERIALS
ISSN: 0935-9648
Year: 2018
Issue: 30
Volume: 30
2 5 . 8 0 9
JCR@2018
3 0 . 8 4 9
JCR@2020
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:182
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 38
SCOPUS Cited Count: 49
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30 Days PV: 6